Identifier
Created
Classification
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05PARIS1477
2005-03-07 16:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
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FRENCH REACT POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON DRC ARMS

Tags:  PREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001477 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2015
TAGS: PREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC
SUBJECT: FRENCH REACT POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON DRC ARMS
EMBARGO RESOLUTION

REF: STATE 38896

Classified By: POL/MC Josiah Rosenblatt for reason 1.4 (b/d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001477

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/07/2015
TAGS: PREL ETTC MARR KPKO CG FR UNSC
SUBJECT: FRENCH REACT POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON DRC ARMS
EMBARGO RESOLUTION

REF: STATE 38896

Classified By: POL/MC Josiah Rosenblatt for reason 1.4 (b/d).


1. (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier on March 7
expressed general agreement with reftel demarche on the DRC
arms embargo resolution, accepting that MONUC did not need to
take on additional responsibilities. She also responded
favorably to the proposed flight reporting provision but said
that France had not yet taken an official position on the
provision. END SUMMARY.


2. (C) Pol/MC met with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth
Barbier on March 7 and conveyed reftel points concerning the
DRC arms embargo resolution. Barbier agreed that a
geographic extension of MONUC's arms embargo to the rest of
the DRC would "tax" MONUC and would "not be realistic." If
there were an extension, she remarked that France would
prefer its scope to cover Congo's "neighbors to the east,"
where the situation, she said, was more dire than in the rest
of the DRC. Continuing, Barbier nonetheless said that MONUC
"had its hands full" and did not need additional
responsibilities such as new requirement to monitor and
enforce the arms embargo.


3. (C) Barbier responded favorably to the notion of a
provision in the resolution on flight reporting, although she
said that the GOF had not yet taken an official position on
the issue. She said that such a provision would be
"worthwhile." However, she suggested that reporting could be
done on a weekly or monthly basis, rather than beforehand on
each individual flight, which she said would be difficult to
accomplish for logistical reasons.
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