Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06DAKAR898
2006-04-12 14:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dakar
Cable title:  

SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT

Tags:  PREL PINS GA SG 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAKAR 000898 

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STATE FOR AF/W, AF/RSA AND INR/AA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/12/2016
TAGS: PREL PINS GA SG
SUBJECT: SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT

REF: BANJUL 222 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: DCM Robert P. Jackson for reasons
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAKAR 000898

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR AF/W, AF/RSA AND INR/AA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/12/2016
TAGS: PREL PINS GA SG
SUBJECT: SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT

REF: BANJUL 222 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: DCM Robert P. Jackson for reasons 1. 4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) On March 30, President Abdoulaye Wade condemned the
March 21 coup attempt in The Gambia. Wade told the Council
of Ministers that "Senegal will never be a sanctuary for coup
plotters." The Gambian Foreign Minister visited Dakar on
April 7, and the next day the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs issued a statement declaring that Senegal had nothing
to do with the failed coup attempt and that cooperation at
all levels continues to be close.


2. (C) COMMENT: Relations between Senegal and The Gambia had
improved steadily since the border blockade last August that
was sparked by a unilateral increase in ferry fares for
crossing the Gambia River. The Gambia even detained and
surrendered to Senegal a leader of the Movement of Democratic
Forces of the Casamance (MFDC). While the alleged leader of
the putsch, former Gambian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt.
Col. Ndure Cham, may be in Senegal, Embassy Dakar doubts that
Wade would attempt to unseat Jammeh at this juncture. END
COMMENT.
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