SITREP 6: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001321 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG SUBJECT: SITREP 6: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS REF: A. KINSHASA 1320 ¶B. KINSHASA 1319 ¶C. KINSHASA 1318 ¶D. KINSHASA 1317 ¶E. KINSHASA 1316 ¶1. (SBU) Emboffs have contacted eleven Kinshasa diplomatic missions to determine their response to the current security situation in the diplomatic district, Gombe (reftels). Eight missions contacted - British, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Greek, and Belgian - reported being confined to their missions or residences, wherever they were when the fighting started. All French Embassy personnel are at the mission and are on "lockdown" status. The Canadian Embassy is not on "lockdown," but all personnel are at the embassy working. The South African and European Union Embassies did not open today, so all personnel were at home. ¶2. (SBU) The Chinese Embassy reported that two Chinese businesspeople were wounded yesterday, one critically, while watching militia fighting from their windows. No Chinese citizens were killed. Contrary to news reports, the Japanese Embassy confirms that no Japanese citizens have been wounded or killed. No other missions report any incidents involving their citizens. MEECE