Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ABIDJAN298
2007-03-20 19:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abidjan
Cable title:
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABIDJAN 000298
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR STEVE HILL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM ZI IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
Classified By: EconChief EMassinga Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABIDJAN 000298
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR STEVE HILL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM ZI IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
Classified By: EconChief EMassinga Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (C) EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue,
Director of the MFA Office of UN and International
Organizations, on U.S. concerns related to the deteriorating
situation in Zimbabwe as described in reftel. Ambassador
Boutchoue and the Ivorian government were well aware of the
situation, and privately confided the government's latest
offenses against the opposition were deplorable.
2. (C) Boutchoue cautioned, however, that African
continental politics make a public condemnation difficult.
The Ambassador was much more positive about the possibility
Cote d'Ivoire could lend its support to efforts in the UN's
Human Rights Council to address the situation there.
Boutchoue said he would raise the topic with the Foreign
Minister as soon as he returned from meetings in Ouagadougou
(related to the ongoing Ivorian "direct dialogue" being
mediated by Burkina President Compaore) during the evening of
March 20.
Hooks
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR STEVE HILL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM ZI IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
Classified By: EconChief EMassinga Reasons 1.4 (b,d)
1. (C) EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue,
Director of the MFA Office of UN and International
Organizations, on U.S. concerns related to the deteriorating
situation in Zimbabwe as described in reftel. Ambassador
Boutchoue and the Ivorian government were well aware of the
situation, and privately confided the government's latest
offenses against the opposition were deplorable.
2. (C) Boutchoue cautioned, however, that African
continental politics make a public condemnation difficult.
The Ambassador was much more positive about the possibility
Cote d'Ivoire could lend its support to efforts in the UN's
Human Rights Council to address the situation there.
Boutchoue said he would raise the topic with the Foreign
Minister as soon as he returned from meetings in Ouagadougou
(related to the ongoing Ivorian "direct dialogue" being
mediated by Burkina President Compaore) during the evening of
March 20.
Hooks