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00HARARE6032
2000-10-25 16:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
how-toThis record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 251621Z Oct 00 CONFIDENTIAL PTO6227 PAGE 01 HARARE 06032 251621Z ACTION AF-00 INFO LOG-00 NP-00 ACQ-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 DOTE-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 EB-00 EUR-00 FAAE-00 VC-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-00 LAB-01 L-00 VCE-00 AC-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 PM-00 PRS-00 ACE-00 P-00 SP-00 TRSE-00 USIE-00 IIP-00 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRM-01 DRL-02 G-00 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 /010W ------------------96AF4D 251621Z /38 FM AMEMBASSY HARARE TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7448 NSC WASHDC SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RWANDA COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 006032
SIPDIS
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
USUN FOR HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/10
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 HARARE 06032 251621Z
REFTEL: SECSTATE 200297
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR
REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 006032
SIPDIS
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
USUN FOR HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/10
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 HARARE 06032 251621Z
REFTEL: SECSTATE 200297
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR
REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL
CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT
ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE
STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW
MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE
KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN APRIL, THE
STATE PLAYERS AT MAPUTO AGREED TO PULL BACK THEIR
RESPECTIVE FORCES 15 KM TO CREATE A 30 KM BUFFER ZONE
BETWEEN THEM; RWANDA UNDERSCORED ITS INTENTION TO PULL
BACK 200 KM. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT MBEKI APPARENTLY
SAID AT THE MEETING THAT THE DRC REBEL GROUPS WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH THE PULLBACK, TO WHICH THEY
ALREADY AGREED AT KAMPALA EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE STATE
DEFENSE CHIEFS ACCOMPANIED THEIR HEADS-OF-STATE TO
MAPUTO, AND AGREED TO MEET AGAIN SOON TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES IMPLEMENTED THE AGREEMENT ON
THE GROUND. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE RECENT REPORTS OF NEW
CLASHES IN THE DRC, CHIKOROWONDO STRESSED THAT
ZIMBABWEAN FORCES WERE NOT/NOT INVOLVED AND THAT NO
CLASHES HAD OCCURRED IN KATANGA OR KASAI AS REPORTED IN
THE PRESS.
2. (C) ON OCTOBER 23, POLOFF LEARNED FROM CHIKOROWONDO
THAT THE STATE DEFENSE CHIEFS, AS AGREED IN MAPUTO, MET
OVER THE OCTOBER 21-22 WEEKEND TO HAMMER OUT AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE DESK OFFICER DID NOT KNOW
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EXACTLY WHAT ZIMBABWE DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI HAD
WORKED OUT AT THE MEETING, BUT HE HAD SEEN NO SIGNS OF
NEW ZIMBABWEAN TROOP MOVEMENTS ON THE GROUND. HE DID
SAY, HOWEVER, THAT MAHACHI AND THE OTHER DEFENSE CHIEFS
ARE DUE TO REPORT THEIR ACTIONS OCTOBER 28-29 TO ANOTHER
HEADS-OF-STATE MEETING IN MAPUTO INVOLVING ZIMBABWE,
RWANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO
BELIEVED THAT THE MAPUTO MEETINGS WOULD GIVE NEW LIFE TO
THE PEACE PROCESS.
3. (C) COMMENT: ZIMBABWE'S MFA REMAINS EVER-HOPEFUL
THAT A LASTING PEACE WILL SOON COME TO THE DRC. SEVERAL
REPORTS DO INDICATE ZIMBABWE DEFENSE FORCE UNITS WERE
INVOLVED IN THE RECENT FIGHTING IN LOWER EQUATEUR, AND
THAT CLASHES DID OCCUR IN KATANGA AND KASAI, ALBEIT NOT
INVOLVING ZIMBABWEAN FORCES. AS OF LATE, THE DRC HAS
BEEN ABSENT FROM THE HEADLINES IN ZIMBABWE, AND WE
SUSPECT THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS NOT GIVEN IT HIS FULL
ATTENTION DUE TO THE DISTRACTION OF DOMESTIC POLITICS.
END COMMENT.
IRVING
CONFIDENTIAL
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SIPDIS
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
USUN FOR HOLBROOKE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/10
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 HARARE 06032 251621Z
REFTEL: SECSTATE 200297
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR
REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL
CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT
ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE
STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW
MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE
KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN APRIL, THE
STATE PLAYERS AT MAPUTO AGREED TO PULL BACK THEIR
RESPECTIVE FORCES 15 KM TO CREATE A 30 KM BUFFER ZONE
BETWEEN THEM; RWANDA UNDERSCORED ITS INTENTION TO PULL
BACK 200 KM. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT MBEKI APPARENTLY
SAID AT THE MEETING THAT THE DRC REBEL GROUPS WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH THE PULLBACK, TO WHICH THEY
ALREADY AGREED AT KAMPALA EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE STATE
DEFENSE CHIEFS ACCOMPANIED THEIR HEADS-OF-STATE TO
MAPUTO, AND AGREED TO MEET AGAIN SOON TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES IMPLEMENTED THE AGREEMENT ON
THE GROUND. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE RECENT REPORTS OF NEW
CLASHES IN THE DRC, CHIKOROWONDO STRESSED THAT
ZIMBABWEAN FORCES WERE NOT/NOT INVOLVED AND THAT NO
CLASHES HAD OCCURRED IN KATANGA OR KASAI AS REPORTED IN
THE PRESS.
2. (C) ON OCTOBER 23, POLOFF LEARNED FROM CHIKOROWONDO
THAT THE STATE DEFENSE CHIEFS, AS AGREED IN MAPUTO, MET
OVER THE OCTOBER 21-22 WEEKEND TO HAMMER OUT AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE DESK OFFICER DID NOT KNOW
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PAGE 03 HARARE 06032 251621Z
EXACTLY WHAT ZIMBABWE DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI HAD
WORKED OUT AT THE MEETING, BUT HE HAD SEEN NO SIGNS OF
NEW ZIMBABWEAN TROOP MOVEMENTS ON THE GROUND. HE DID
SAY, HOWEVER, THAT MAHACHI AND THE OTHER DEFENSE CHIEFS
ARE DUE TO REPORT THEIR ACTIONS OCTOBER 28-29 TO ANOTHER
HEADS-OF-STATE MEETING IN MAPUTO INVOLVING ZIMBABWE,
RWANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO
BELIEVED THAT THE MAPUTO MEETINGS WOULD GIVE NEW LIFE TO
THE PEACE PROCESS.
3. (C) COMMENT: ZIMBABWE'S MFA REMAINS EVER-HOPEFUL
THAT A LASTING PEACE WILL SOON COME TO THE DRC. SEVERAL
REPORTS DO INDICATE ZIMBABWE DEFENSE FORCE UNITS WERE
INVOLVED IN THE RECENT FIGHTING IN LOWER EQUATEUR, AND
THAT CLASHES DID OCCUR IN KATANGA AND KASAI, ALBEIT NOT
INVOLVING ZIMBABWEAN FORCES. AS OF LATE, THE DRC HAS
BEEN ABSENT FROM THE HEADLINES IN ZIMBABWE, AND WE
SUSPECT THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS NOT GIVEN IT HIS FULL
ATTENTION DUE TO THE DISTRACTION OF DOMESTIC POLITICS.
END COMMENT.
IRVING
CONFIDENTIAL
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