Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KHARTOUM1209
2006-05-23 07:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:
SUDAN: EASTERN FRONT - GNU NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 001209
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/23/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL ER SU
SUBJECT: SUDAN: EASTERN FRONT - GNU NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS
REF: KHARTOUM 1043
Classified By: Charge D'Affairs C. Hume, Reason: Section 1.4 (b) and (d
)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 001209
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/23/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL ER SU
SUBJECT: SUDAN: EASTERN FRONT - GNU NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS
REF: KHARTOUM 1043
Classified By: Charge D'Affairs C. Hume, Reason: Section 1.4 (b) and (d
)
1. (C) In a May 21 meeting with Charge Hume, Yassir Arman
said that he and Director of the National Security and
Intelligence Services (NISS),Salah Gosh, planned to travel
to Asmara on May 24 to discuss preparations for GNU-Eastern
Front negotiations. Arman estimated that the negotiations
would begin about two to three weeks after his meeting in
Asmara. He invited Charge Hume to observe the talks and
added that Norway, the European Union and the United Nations
expressed interest in observing. Arman said that Asmara also
invited Vice President Taha to attend the talks.
2. (C) In a separate meeting on May 22 with USAID Mission
Director, Kate Almquist, Arman stated that he and SPLM
S ecretary-General Pagan Amum were traveling to Asmara and he
was unsure whether Salah Gosh would be accompanying them. He
added that although the Eritreans invited Taha to the peace
talks, President Bashir wanted Nafi Ali Nafi to attend.
Arman told Almquist that he would not travel with Nafi to
Asmara.
3. (C) Poloff spoke with Norwegian representative Elisabeth
Schwabe-Hansen, who indicated that Norway had offered to
facilitate or observe the negotiations if all the parties
agreed. She said that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement
(SPLM),the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Eritreans
have requested Norwegian participation in the negotiations.
Hansen expected that the Charge d'Affairs in Asmara may
represent Norway in the talks because he was heavily involved
in Eastern Sudan. Another possibility is the Deputy Minister
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who has been closely
following the situation in the East. However, she added that
they were waiting for a formal invitation before determining
their representatives for the negotiations. According to
European Commission representative, Umberto Tavollato, the
European Union would either send their special representative
for Sudan or his political advisor based in Brussels to
represent the E.U in the talks. Poloff also spoke with UN
Political Officer, Judith Goetz, who said that the UN had not
discussed sending representatives to Asmara because they had
not received any signals that they would be welcomed there.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/23/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL ER SU
SUBJECT: SUDAN: EASTERN FRONT - GNU NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS
REF: KHARTOUM 1043
Classified By: Charge D'Affairs C. Hume, Reason: Section 1.4 (b) and (d
)
1. (C) In a May 21 meeting with Charge Hume, Yassir Arman
said that he and Director of the National Security and
Intelligence Services (NISS),Salah Gosh, planned to travel
to Asmara on May 24 to discuss preparations for GNU-Eastern
Front negotiations. Arman estimated that the negotiations
would begin about two to three weeks after his meeting in
Asmara. He invited Charge Hume to observe the talks and
added that Norway, the European Union and the United Nations
expressed interest in observing. Arman said that Asmara also
invited Vice President Taha to attend the talks.
2. (C) In a separate meeting on May 22 with USAID Mission
Director, Kate Almquist, Arman stated that he and SPLM
S ecretary-General Pagan Amum were traveling to Asmara and he
was unsure whether Salah Gosh would be accompanying them. He
added that although the Eritreans invited Taha to the peace
talks, President Bashir wanted Nafi Ali Nafi to attend.
Arman told Almquist that he would not travel with Nafi to
Asmara.
3. (C) Poloff spoke with Norwegian representative Elisabeth
Schwabe-Hansen, who indicated that Norway had offered to
facilitate or observe the negotiations if all the parties
agreed. She said that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement
(SPLM),the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Eritreans
have requested Norwegian participation in the negotiations.
Hansen expected that the Charge d'Affairs in Asmara may
represent Norway in the talks because he was heavily involved
in Eastern Sudan. Another possibility is the Deputy Minister
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who has been closely
following the situation in the East. However, she added that
they were waiting for a formal invitation before determining
their representatives for the negotiations. According to
European Commission representative, Umberto Tavollato, the
European Union would either send their special representative
for Sudan or his political advisor based in Brussels to
represent the E.U in the talks. Poloff also spoke with UN
Political Officer, Judith Goetz, who said that the UN had not
discussed sending representatives to Asmara because they had
not received any signals that they would be welcomed there.
HUME