Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BANJUL436
2006-07-10 16:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Banjul
Cable title:
THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON
how-toVZCZCXRO4387 RR RUEHPA DE RUEHJL #0436 1911609 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 101609Z JUL 06 FM AMEMBASSY BANJUL TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6808 INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0067
C O N F I D E N T I A L BANJUL 000436
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DAKAR PLS PASS RAO, ODC, AND DAO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV SG GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON
SENEGAL
REF: A. BANJUL 394 AND PREVIOUS
B. DAKAR 1306
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
APPROACH TO THE UNSYG FOR PRESSURE ON SENEGAL
--------------------------------------------- -
C O N F I D E N T I A L BANJUL 000436
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DAKAR PLS PASS RAO, ODC, AND DAO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV SG GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON
SENEGAL
REF: A. BANJUL 394 AND PREVIOUS
B. DAKAR 1306
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
APPROACH TO THE UNSYG FOR PRESSURE ON SENEGAL
-------------- -
1. (C) In conversation with Ambassador, UN Development
Program Resident Representative Fadzai Gwaradzimba (protect)
mentioned UNSYG Annan's meeting with President Jammeh on the
margins of the July 1-2 African Union Summit here. The UNDP
rep, who attended the meeting, confided that Jammeh had used
the occasion to repeat his familiar plea for pressure on
Senegalese President Wade to cooperate with the GOTG's
investigation of the aborted March 21 coup plot so as to
resolve Jammeh's suspicions of Dakar's complicity in the
failed plot (c.f.refs a and b for background). According to
the UNDP official, Jammeh also informed Annan that he
continued to believe that the plot's ringleader, former CHOD
Ndure Cham and other Gambian "subversives" were being
harbored in Senegal. Jammeh reportedly told Annan that he
had dropped his demand that the GOS extradite these elements
to The Gambia, but that he (Jammeh) did insist on their
expulsion from Senegal.
2. (C) The UNDP rep indicated that Annan, in response to
Jammeh's pitch, refrained from making any commitment to
approach Wade, but urged Jammeh to work with his Senegalese
counterpart on behalf of an amicable resolution of this
dossier.
COMMENT
--------------
3. (C) Judging from the UNDP rep's readout, the strains in
the Gambian/Senegalese relationship generated by the failed
plot persist, as does Jammeh's international campaign for
pressure on the GOS. Our sense, though, is that several
recent gestures by the GOS have eased those strains somewhat.
These gestures include Wade's pre-Summit visit to Banjul
(ref a) as well as his attendance at the Summit itself; our
contacts had expressed doubt that he would show up for the
Summit. In addition, the local media reported a GOS
donation to the GOTG of approx. Dols 500,000 to help cover
Summit-related expenses. END COMMENT.
STAFFORD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DAKAR PLS PASS RAO, ODC, AND DAO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/10/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV SG GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON
SENEGAL
REF: A. BANJUL 394 AND PREVIOUS
B. DAKAR 1306
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
APPROACH TO THE UNSYG FOR PRESSURE ON SENEGAL
-------------- -
1. (C) In conversation with Ambassador, UN Development
Program Resident Representative Fadzai Gwaradzimba (protect)
mentioned UNSYG Annan's meeting with President Jammeh on the
margins of the July 1-2 African Union Summit here. The UNDP
rep, who attended the meeting, confided that Jammeh had used
the occasion to repeat his familiar plea for pressure on
Senegalese President Wade to cooperate with the GOTG's
investigation of the aborted March 21 coup plot so as to
resolve Jammeh's suspicions of Dakar's complicity in the
failed plot (c.f.refs a and b for background). According to
the UNDP official, Jammeh also informed Annan that he
continued to believe that the plot's ringleader, former CHOD
Ndure Cham and other Gambian "subversives" were being
harbored in Senegal. Jammeh reportedly told Annan that he
had dropped his demand that the GOS extradite these elements
to The Gambia, but that he (Jammeh) did insist on their
expulsion from Senegal.
2. (C) The UNDP rep indicated that Annan, in response to
Jammeh's pitch, refrained from making any commitment to
approach Wade, but urged Jammeh to work with his Senegalese
counterpart on behalf of an amicable resolution of this
dossier.
COMMENT
--------------
3. (C) Judging from the UNDP rep's readout, the strains in
the Gambian/Senegalese relationship generated by the failed
plot persist, as does Jammeh's international campaign for
pressure on the GOS. Our sense, though, is that several
recent gestures by the GOS have eased those strains somewhat.
These gestures include Wade's pre-Summit visit to Banjul
(ref a) as well as his attendance at the Summit itself; our
contacts had expressed doubt that he would show up for the
Summit. In addition, the local media reported a GOS
donation to the GOTG of approx. Dols 500,000 to help cover
Summit-related expenses. END COMMENT.
STAFFORD