Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KINSHASA643
2006-04-25 14:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 000643
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KPKO CG UG
SUBJECT: GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 000643
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KPKO CG UG
SUBJECT: GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff
Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the
right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli
said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and asked
rhetorically why the GDRC should be expected to resolve a
problem that Ugandans have been unable to solve in twenty
years. Djoli said he understood, however, that President
Museveni's comments on the LRA were largely meant for a
domestic constituency.
2. (C) Comment: The Congolese remain puzzled by media reports
from Kampala claiming that hot pursuit is needed to prevent
LRA attacks on Uganda from the DRC. They point out that
Garamba National Park, a remote and undeveloped area, does
not even share a border with Uganda but is more than 100
miles away. End comment.
DOUGHERTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KPKO CG UG
SUBJECT: GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff
Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the
right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli
said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and asked
rhetorically why the GDRC should be expected to resolve a
problem that Ugandans have been unable to solve in twenty
years. Djoli said he understood, however, that President
Museveni's comments on the LRA were largely meant for a
domestic constituency.
2. (C) Comment: The Congolese remain puzzled by media reports
from Kampala claiming that hot pursuit is needed to prevent
LRA attacks on Uganda from the DRC. They point out that
Garamba National Park, a remote and undeveloped area, does
not even share a border with Uganda but is more than 100
miles away. End comment.
DOUGHERTY