SUDAN/DPA: MODERATING AU STANCE TOWARD

C O N F I D E N T I A L KHARTOUM 001973 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2016 TAGS: PREL KPKO AU UN SU SUBJECT: SUDAN/DPA: MODERATING AU STANCE TOWARD NON-SIGNATORIES REF: A. STATE 135761 ¶B. KHARTOUM 01971 Classified By: P/E Chief E. Whitaker, Reason: Section 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche talking points to African Union Senior Advisor and Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team Chair Amb. Sam Ibok on August 19. Ibok agreed with demarche points, and referred to the August 17 DPA partners meeting (Ref B),wherein he had admitted the AU's measure was mistaken. He understood the need to review the decision, and to confer in greater detail with DPA stakeholders. ¶2. (C) Ibok stated that AU Special Representative and AMIS Head of Mission Amb. Baba Gana Kingibe was in Nigeria, and that the matter would be discussed with him in greater detail upon his August 22 return to Khartoum. Ibok offered that Kingibe appeared to have misread the views of the international community. HUME