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Created
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06MAPUTO67
2006-01-18 10:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Maputo
Cable title:
MOZAMBIQUE: FADM PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN PKO
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UNCLAS MAPUTO 000067
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IO/PSC, AF/RSA AND AF/S FOR HTREGER
NSC FOR CCOURVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: FADM PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN PKO
REF: A. MAPUTO 21
B. MAPUTO MZ 201454Z DEC 05
UNCLAS MAPUTO 000067
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/PSC, AF/RSA AND AF/S FOR HTREGER
NSC FOR CCOURVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: FADM PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN PKO
REF: A. MAPUTO 21
B. MAPUTO MZ 201454Z DEC 05
1. (SBU) During a January 17 meeting between Ambassador and
acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze to discuss
UN reform (septel),Ambassador inquired whether the GRM had
decided to accept the UN invitation to participate in the
peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Sudan. Banze said the GRM
was prepared to reply affirmatively to the UN, but did not
yet know whether the UN would decide it wanted Mozambique's
participation. Banze said that the Mozambican Armed Forces
(FADM) were properly trained and ready to participate, but
that logistical limitations remained (ref A). Banze, who was
Vice Minister of Defense in the Chissano government before
moving to the Foreign Ministry under Guebuza, referred the
Ambassador to the Ministry of Defense for specific needs, but
he said he knew of general challenges the FADM faced,
including vehicles, strategic airlift, and subsidies
customarily paid to troops on missions abroad.
2. (SBU) Banze admitted that the situation would be difficult
to address without outside assistance since PKOs were not
included in the GRM'sQ006 budget. He implied that such a
line item could not be easily added at this stageQNote: The
2006 state budget has been approved by the Council of
Ministers and is scheduled to be voted on in the legislature
in March. End note.) Banze suggested that the GRM may need
to find an outside partner, such as they had done in Burundi
with the UK, in order to support a PKO deployment in Sudan.
He added that the GRM had also worked out agreements in the
past wherein partner countries "leased" their equipment to
FADM; however, he acknowledged that this arrangement was not
ideal as it presented compatibility issues (e.g. FADM not
being trained in the use of equipment that was leased to
them). Banze did say that the FADM's stock of military
equipment had improved greatly over the past year, thanks to
support from donors like the UK and the USG and as a result,
Mozambique was slowly building its capacity as a PKO partner.
3. (SBU) Comment: Banze did not make a direct request for the
necessary equipment to support Mozambique's participation.
However, the Minister of Defense is seeking a meeting with
the Ambassador to discuss the ongoing ACOTA program in
Mozambique, at which time the GRM may make a formal
assistance request.
La Lime
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
IO/PSC, AF/RSA AND AF/S FOR HTREGER
NSC FOR CCOURVILLE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: FADM PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN PKO
REF: A. MAPUTO 21
B. MAPUTO MZ 201454Z DEC 05
1. (SBU) During a January 17 meeting between Ambassador and
acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze to discuss
UN reform (septel),Ambassador inquired whether the GRM had
decided to accept the UN invitation to participate in the
peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Sudan. Banze said the GRM
was prepared to reply affirmatively to the UN, but did not
yet know whether the UN would decide it wanted Mozambique's
participation. Banze said that the Mozambican Armed Forces
(FADM) were properly trained and ready to participate, but
that logistical limitations remained (ref A). Banze, who was
Vice Minister of Defense in the Chissano government before
moving to the Foreign Ministry under Guebuza, referred the
Ambassador to the Ministry of Defense for specific needs, but
he said he knew of general challenges the FADM faced,
including vehicles, strategic airlift, and subsidies
customarily paid to troops on missions abroad.
2. (SBU) Banze admitted that the situation would be difficult
to address without outside assistance since PKOs were not
included in the GRM'sQ006 budget. He implied that such a
line item could not be easily added at this stageQNote: The
2006 state budget has been approved by the Council of
Ministers and is scheduled to be voted on in the legislature
in March. End note.) Banze suggested that the GRM may need
to find an outside partner, such as they had done in Burundi
with the UK, in order to support a PKO deployment in Sudan.
He added that the GRM had also worked out agreements in the
past wherein partner countries "leased" their equipment to
FADM; however, he acknowledged that this arrangement was not
ideal as it presented compatibility issues (e.g. FADM not
being trained in the use of equipment that was leased to
them). Banze did say that the FADM's stock of military
equipment had improved greatly over the past year, thanks to
support from donors like the UK and the USG and as a result,
Mozambique was slowly building its capacity as a PKO partner.
3. (SBU) Comment: Banze did not make a direct request for the
necessary equipment to support Mozambique's participation.
However, the Minister of Defense is seeking a meeting with
the Ambassador to discuss the ongoing ACOTA program in
Mozambique, at which time the GRM may make a formal
assistance request.
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