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05PARIS1806
2005-03-17 16:54:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
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TOGO: BARNIER AND DE BONNECORSE ATTEND EYADEMA'S

Tags:  PREL PGOV TO FR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001806 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV TO FR
SUBJECT: TOGO: BARNIER AND DE BONNECORSE ATTEND EYADEMA'S
FUNERAL

REF: LOME 261

Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001806

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV TO FR
SUBJECT: TOGO: BARNIER AND DE BONNECORSE ATTEND EYADEMA'S
FUNERAL

REF: LOME 261

Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) Nathalie Delapalme, FM Barier's Africa advisor, told
us March 15 that Barnier had met briefly with Faure
Gnassingbe and "other Togolese personalities" while
representing France at the funeral of President Gnassingbe
Eyadema (reftel). Delapalme would not be drawn out on the
substance of Barnier's discussions, preferring to note that
Michel de Bonnecorse, President Chirac's African affairs
advisor, had arrived in Lome 48 hours before Barnier.


2. (C) In an earlier meeting, MFA AF PDAS-equivalent
Elisabeth Barbier told PolMinCouns that the GoF viewed the
fixing of the election date as providing focus for the
parties and was not "too soon." Barbier reiterated France's
strong support for the ECOWAS position on Togo.


3. (C) COMMENT: As indirectly suggested by Delapalme, it is
likely that France's position on Togo following Eyadema's
death and during the electoral period is being managed
largely by the Presidency's Africa cell. END COMMENT.
Leach