Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KINSHASA1816
2006-12-01 11:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
MANDATE OVER, EUFOR TROOPS BEGIN PULLING OUT OF DRC
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: MANDATE OVER, EUFOR TROOPS BEGIN PULLING OUT OF DRC
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: MANDATE OVER, EUFOR TROOPS BEGIN PULLING OUT OF DRC
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) Summary: The four-month mandate of the European Union
force (EUFOR) deployment to the DRC officially ended at
midnight November 30. The first flight of troops left
Kinshasa for Gabon the same evening, and EUFOR has ended its
security patrols in the capital. EUFOR officials said the
majority of EUFOR troops will be out of the country by
December 19. End summary.
2. (U) EUFOR's four-month mandate in the DRC officially ended
at midnight November 30. Its mission began in late July
immediately before the country's first-round presidential and
legislative elections July 30. Approximately 1,200 troops,
including support staff, had been stationed in Kinshasa.
Though some EUFOR soldiers will remain on the ground in
Kinshasa for some time, EUFOR officials have said the mission
will not be authorized to intervene in case of any future
violence.
3. (C) EUFOR's director of its Combined Joint Operations
Center, Lt. Col. Stephane Pau, told us the first flight of
troops out of the capital took place the evening of November
30. Pau said part of a French company flew to Libreville,
Gabon, where EUFOR has a forward base. Redeployment will
continue for the next two weeks; Pau estimated that by
December 19, the majority of EUFOR troops will be out of the
country. EUFOR will then organize a convoy from Kinshasa to
the port city of Matadi December 20-22 to ship out its
heavier equipment.
4. (U) Pau said EUFOR conducted its last patrol in Kinshasa
November 30. EUFOR troops, in cooperation with Congolese
military, police and MONUC, had been monitoring the positions
of forces loyal to President Joseph Kabila and Vice President
Jean-Pierre Bemba. EUFOR had also assisted in enforcing a
"weapons-free Kinshasa" agreement signed by Kabila's and
Bemba's representatives in August.
5. (SBU) Pau told us EUFOR will still have a somewhat visible
presence in Kinshasa, but not in the form of security
patrols. He said those EUFOR personnel seen in the capital
will be conducting "routine business," terminating contracts
and carrying out other logistical orders. He stated there
will be "very few" EUFOR personnel remaining in Kinshasa into
2007.
6. (C) Comment: EUFOR's mission in the DRC can be judged a
qualified success. It played a helpful role in the August
violence in Kinshasa, and its continued presence on the
streets of Kinshasa provided a much-needed sense of security
during the second-round electoral period and its aftermath.
The mission's departure is not expected to provoke any
further outbreaks of violence. End comment.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: MANDATE OVER, EUFOR TROOPS BEGIN PULLING OUT OF DRC
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) Summary: The four-month mandate of the European Union
force (EUFOR) deployment to the DRC officially ended at
midnight November 30. The first flight of troops left
Kinshasa for Gabon the same evening, and EUFOR has ended its
security patrols in the capital. EUFOR officials said the
majority of EUFOR troops will be out of the country by
December 19. End summary.
2. (U) EUFOR's four-month mandate in the DRC officially ended
at midnight November 30. Its mission began in late July
immediately before the country's first-round presidential and
legislative elections July 30. Approximately 1,200 troops,
including support staff, had been stationed in Kinshasa.
Though some EUFOR soldiers will remain on the ground in
Kinshasa for some time, EUFOR officials have said the mission
will not be authorized to intervene in case of any future
violence.
3. (C) EUFOR's director of its Combined Joint Operations
Center, Lt. Col. Stephane Pau, told us the first flight of
troops out of the capital took place the evening of November
30. Pau said part of a French company flew to Libreville,
Gabon, where EUFOR has a forward base. Redeployment will
continue for the next two weeks; Pau estimated that by
December 19, the majority of EUFOR troops will be out of the
country. EUFOR will then organize a convoy from Kinshasa to
the port city of Matadi December 20-22 to ship out its
heavier equipment.
4. (U) Pau said EUFOR conducted its last patrol in Kinshasa
November 30. EUFOR troops, in cooperation with Congolese
military, police and MONUC, had been monitoring the positions
of forces loyal to President Joseph Kabila and Vice President
Jean-Pierre Bemba. EUFOR had also assisted in enforcing a
"weapons-free Kinshasa" agreement signed by Kabila's and
Bemba's representatives in August.
5. (SBU) Pau told us EUFOR will still have a somewhat visible
presence in Kinshasa, but not in the form of security
patrols. He said those EUFOR personnel seen in the capital
will be conducting "routine business," terminating contracts
and carrying out other logistical orders. He stated there
will be "very few" EUFOR personnel remaining in Kinshasa into
2007.
6. (C) Comment: EUFOR's mission in the DRC can be judged a
qualified success. It played a helpful role in the August
violence in Kinshasa, and its continued presence on the
streets of Kinshasa provided a much-needed sense of security
during the second-round electoral period and its aftermath.
The mission's departure is not expected to provoke any
further outbreaks of violence. End comment.
MEECE