Identifier
Created
Classification
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04BRUSSELS3055
2004-07-16 16:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 003055
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2014
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
SUBJECT: EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR
DARFUR
REF: SECSTATE 153857
Classified By: Political Counselor Kyle Scott. Reason: 1.4(B)(D)
(C) Mission delivered reftel points to Roger Moore, DG
Development Acting Director Horn of Africa, East and Southern
Africa, and Joaquim Salqueiro, DG Development Officer for
Sudan. We also followed up with Christoph Heusgen, who heads
Hirep Javier Solana's Policy Unit. Moore stated the EU
supports, as it has in the past, the deployment of an African
Union protection force. Whether this develops into a broader
AU force, he continued, depends wholly on AU initiative. He
thought it likely that the EU would provide funds as long as
the political will could be maintained. The contribution of
forces by the EU, however, remains questionable; neither
Moore nor Salquiero seemed willing to discuss this as a
possibility. Heusgen told us it was highly unlikely.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
McKinley
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2014
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
SUBJECT: EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR
DARFUR
REF: SECSTATE 153857
Classified By: Political Counselor Kyle Scott. Reason: 1.4(B)(D)
(C) Mission delivered reftel points to Roger Moore, DG
Development Acting Director Horn of Africa, East and Southern
Africa, and Joaquim Salqueiro, DG Development Officer for
Sudan. We also followed up with Christoph Heusgen, who heads
Hirep Javier Solana's Policy Unit. Moore stated the EU
supports, as it has in the past, the deployment of an African
Union protection force. Whether this develops into a broader
AU force, he continued, depends wholly on AU initiative. He
thought it likely that the EU would provide funds as long as
the political will could be maintained. The contribution of
forces by the EU, however, remains questionable; neither
Moore nor Salquiero seemed willing to discuss this as a
possibility. Heusgen told us it was highly unlikely.
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
McKinley