Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ADDISABABA852
2007-03-19 14:20:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Addis Ababa
Cable title:
SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
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S E C R E T ADDIS ABABA 000852
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR PM DAS K.O'KEEFE, PM/PPA:A.COLETTA, AF, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2017
TAGS: MASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
SUBJECT: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
REF: STATE 30853
Classified By: ERIC WONG, ACTING POL-ECON COUNSELOR. REASON: 1.4 (A) A
ND (D).
S E C R E T ADDIS ABABA 000852
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR PM DAS K.O'KEEFE, PM/PPA:A.COLETTA, AF, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2017
TAGS: MASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
SUBJECT: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
REF: STATE 30853
Classified By: ERIC WONG, ACTING POL-ECON COUNSELOR. REASON: 1.4 (A) A
ND (D).
1. (S) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the proposal to provide
USD 15 million in Section 1206 funds for Ethiopia, Djibouti,
Yemen, Kenya, and Tanzania, as part of the East Africa
Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Post supports funding
the proposal in FY07, with the following observations (see
paragraphs 2-3 below).
2. (C) In the section of the EARSI proposal detailing USD 10
million in special operations equipment and training to be
provided regionally for border security, please amend
Ethiopia portion from "Support advanced border security
training of the Ethiopia unit at Hurso; training currently
being conducted by CJTF-HOA" to "Support advanced border
security training of Ethiopian forces; training currently
being conducted by CJTF-HOA." Justification: future
training may occur at other locations besides Hurso.
3. (C) In same section, under "Recommend supporting Ethiopian
Air FORCE C-130 aircraft maintenance and spare parts to
facilitate movement of and logistical support to border
security forces," please add language noting the following:
a. (SBU) Support for Ethiopian AIR FORCE C-130 aircraft will
enhance regional stability, by strengthening Ethiopia's
strategic lift capability and thus its ability to participate
in regional peacekeeping operations led by either the African
Union or the United Nations. According to UN DPKO, Ethiopia
is currently the world's 12th-largest contributor to UN
peacekeeping operations, and the 4th-largest in Africa
(behind Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal, but ahead of South
Africa and Kenya). Ethiopian peacekeeping forces play a key
role in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
b. (C) Ethiopia is supporting regional and international
efforts to promote stability in Somalia, by providing
critical FORCE protection to both Somalia's Transitional
Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM). Ethiopian training and equipping of the
TFG was a significant factor in the successful military
campaign against Salafist extremists in Somalia, and will
continue to help guarantee regional stability, as well as
preempt a resurgent radical Islamic movement.
c. (S/NF) Providing C-130 aircraft maintenance and spare
parts to Ethiopia will help support two C-130 aircraft
provided by the USG to Ethiopia in 1996-1997, and is critical
to continuing a viable mil-mil relationship with a proven
partner in the global war on terrorism. Ethiopia has
demonstrated its partnership with the USG in sharing
sensitive classified information that contributed to the
joint destruction of foreign terrorist fighter cells, and has
shared full information from the interrogation of captured
terrorists in Somalia.
4. (C) Post will forward detailed information on proposed
1206 assistance for Ethiopian C-130s septel.
YAMAMOTO
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR PM DAS K.O'KEEFE, PM/PPA:A.COLETTA, AF, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2017
TAGS: MASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
SUBJECT: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
REF: STATE 30853
Classified By: ERIC WONG, ACTING POL-ECON COUNSELOR. REASON: 1.4 (A) A
ND (D).
1. (S) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the proposal to provide
USD 15 million in Section 1206 funds for Ethiopia, Djibouti,
Yemen, Kenya, and Tanzania, as part of the East Africa
Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Post supports funding
the proposal in FY07, with the following observations (see
paragraphs 2-3 below).
2. (C) In the section of the EARSI proposal detailing USD 10
million in special operations equipment and training to be
provided regionally for border security, please amend
Ethiopia portion from "Support advanced border security
training of the Ethiopia unit at Hurso; training currently
being conducted by CJTF-HOA" to "Support advanced border
security training of Ethiopian forces; training currently
being conducted by CJTF-HOA." Justification: future
training may occur at other locations besides Hurso.
3. (C) In same section, under "Recommend supporting Ethiopian
Air FORCE C-130 aircraft maintenance and spare parts to
facilitate movement of and logistical support to border
security forces," please add language noting the following:
a. (SBU) Support for Ethiopian AIR FORCE C-130 aircraft will
enhance regional stability, by strengthening Ethiopia's
strategic lift capability and thus its ability to participate
in regional peacekeeping operations led by either the African
Union or the United Nations. According to UN DPKO, Ethiopia
is currently the world's 12th-largest contributor to UN
peacekeeping operations, and the 4th-largest in Africa
(behind Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal, but ahead of South
Africa and Kenya). Ethiopian peacekeeping forces play a key
role in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
b. (C) Ethiopia is supporting regional and international
efforts to promote stability in Somalia, by providing
critical FORCE protection to both Somalia's Transitional
Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM). Ethiopian training and equipping of the
TFG was a significant factor in the successful military
campaign against Salafist extremists in Somalia, and will
continue to help guarantee regional stability, as well as
preempt a resurgent radical Islamic movement.
c. (S/NF) Providing C-130 aircraft maintenance and spare
parts to Ethiopia will help support two C-130 aircraft
provided by the USG to Ethiopia in 1996-1997, and is critical
to continuing a viable mil-mil relationship with a proven
partner in the global war on terrorism. Ethiopia has
demonstrated its partnership with the USG in sharing
sensitive classified information that contributed to the
joint destruction of foreign terrorist fighter cells, and has
shared full information from the interrogation of captured
terrorists in Somalia.
4. (C) Post will forward detailed information on proposed
1206 assistance for Ethiopian C-130s septel.
YAMAMOTO