Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05MADRID1254
2005-04-01 12:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN

Tags:  PREL SO SP 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 001254

SIPDIS

FOR EUR/WE; ALSO FOR IGAD COLLECTIVE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2015
TAGS: PREL SO SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN

REF: A. STATE 47850


B. MADRID 1106

Classified By: Ricardo Zuniga, Political Officer for
Reasons 1.4 (B) & (D)

(C) In a follow up to ref A demarche on the IGAD plan to
deploy troops in Somalia, Spanish MFA chief of staff for
sub-Saharan African Affairs Nuria Reigosa Gonzalez responded
March 29 that Spain agrees that the plan is ambitious,
costly, and may not help stabilize Somalia. Reigosa said
Spain would not seek bilateral discussions on this issue with
member countries of the African Union or the IGAD but would
further develop its position through its participation in the
European Union working group on Africa in the coming weeks.
MANZANARES