CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND NAM SUMMIT

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 001124 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C, LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA-WATCHERS INFO AF/PD (CANYASO) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV CD ASEC SUBJECT: CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND NAM SUMMIT REF: 145242 ¶1. (SBU) CHAD'S AMERICA/EUROPE DESK OFFICER ADOUM MAHAMAT YAHYA AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) INFORMED PAO AND POLOFF THAT CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND THE NON-ALLIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) SUMMIT IN HAVANA, CUBA, SEPTEMBER 11-16. THE DESK OFFICER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION BUT BASED MAINLY ON LACK OF RESOURCES FOR TRAVEL. PAO AND POLOFF NONETHELESS DELIVERED NAM DEMARCHE (REF A),WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE AND USG SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA. DESK OFFICER YAHYA INFORMED PAO AND POLOFF THAT ANOTHER OFFICE IN THE MFA, THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, WILL BE THE CHADIAN POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE. WALL