Lebanon: Tanzanian Support for UN Security

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000688

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/6/15
TAGS: PREL LE SY TZ UNSC
SUBJECT: Lebanon: Tanzanian Support for UN Security
Council Resolution

REF: STATE 61755

Classified by Pol/Econ Chief Judy Buelow for reason
1.4 (b).


1. (C) On April 6, Poloff delivered the demarche on
the UNSC Resolution on Lebanon to Mr. Vitalis Njiku,
head of the UNSC Office at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Mr. Njiku indicated that Tanzania supported
investigation of the Hariri assassination in
principle, but that the Tanzanian delegation had been
concerned about the wording of earlier drafts of the
resolution, and their implications for Lebanese
sovereignty. Mr. Njiku accepted the talking points
and the revised resolution transmitted in Reftel, and
said he would consult with the Tanzanian delegation in
New York on the matter.

OWEN