SITREP 12: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001328 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG SUBJECT: SITREP 12: STATUS OF OTHER KINSHASA MISSIONS (8/22, 1100) REF: KINSHASA 1326 ¶1. (SBU) The French Embassy remains on official lockdown status, while Belgian and German mission personnel have effectively done the same, remaining at their embassies overnight. The European Union, Canadian, and IMF missions have ordered their personnel to remain at their residences. The Dutch Embassy reports that it is open for essential business only. Two Dutch diplomats, scheduled to depart their DRC mission 8/22 for new postings, have been told to remain in Kinshasa. (Note: International flights into and out of Kinshasa on 8/22 have been canceled in any case. End note.) ¶2. (SBU) All local embassies with whom Emboffs have spoken have advised their citizens not to move about the city. British Embassy personnel have discussed the possibility of receiving British citizens at their embassy but believe their citizens are safer at their present locations than trying to reach the mission. ¶3. (SBU) The American Citizen Services section of the Consular Section has received a few welfare and whereabouts requests which they were able to answer. All American citizens are reported to be safe and staying at their present locations. MEECE