Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KHARTOUM425
2006-02-18 15:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:
Bashir-Konare Meeting Purported to Underscore
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UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000425
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/SPG
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AU SU
SUBJECT: Bashir-Konare Meeting Purported to Underscore
Importance of Continuing AMIS PKO Role in Darfur
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000425
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/SPG
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AU SU
SUBJECT: Bashir-Konare Meeting Purported to Underscore
Importance of Continuing AMIS PKO Role in Darfur
1. According to a February 18 account in the pro-
government newspaper Sudan Vision Daily, President Bashir
and African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Omar Konare
affirmed in a meeting on February 15 the "necessity that
the initiative of resolving Darfur issue remains African
initiative (sic)." The article states that Foreign
Minister Lam Akol noted to the government-run Sudan News
Agency (SUNA) that the meeting had reviewed the situation
in Darfur and agreed that the "initiative remains African
so as to find solution to the problem as quickly as
possible (sic)." Finally, the article states that Konare
told SUNA that African issues, especially Darfur, should
"remain at the hands of the African union."
2. The Arabic newspaper Al Sahafa printed a similar
account, citing Konare as having stated that the Darfur
situation was "an African responsibility and should be
African."
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/SPG
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV AU SU
SUBJECT: Bashir-Konare Meeting Purported to Underscore
Importance of Continuing AMIS PKO Role in Darfur
1. According to a February 18 account in the pro-
government newspaper Sudan Vision Daily, President Bashir
and African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Omar Konare
affirmed in a meeting on February 15 the "necessity that
the initiative of resolving Darfur issue remains African
initiative (sic)." The article states that Foreign
Minister Lam Akol noted to the government-run Sudan News
Agency (SUNA) that the meeting had reviewed the situation
in Darfur and agreed that the "initiative remains African
so as to find solution to the problem as quickly as
possible (sic)." Finally, the article states that Konare
told SUNA that African issues, especially Darfur, should
"remain at the hands of the African union."
2. The Arabic newspaper Al Sahafa printed a similar
account, citing Konare as having stated that the Darfur
situation was "an African responsibility and should be
African."
HUME