Identifier
Created
Classification
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07ANTANANARIVO288
2007-03-22 13:38:00
SECRET
Embassy Antananarivo
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE: MADAGASCAR RESPONSE ON ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE

Tags:  PREL PHUM ZI MA 
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FM AMEMBASSY ANTANANARIVO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4526
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IMMEDIATE
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA IMMEDIATE 0058
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS IMMEDIATE 0851
S E C R E T ANTANANARIVO 000288 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/E - MBEYZEROV
ADDIS FOR USAU

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/22/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM ZI MA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE: MADAGASCAR RESPONSE ON ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE

REF: A. ANTANANARIVO 277


B. SECSTATE 34008

Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reasons 1.4 B and D

S E C R E T ANTANANARIVO 000288

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/E - MBEYZEROV
ADDIS FOR USAU

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/22/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM ZI MA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE: MADAGASCAR RESPONSE ON ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE

REF: A. ANTANANARIVO 277


B. SECSTATE 34008

Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reasons 1.4 B and D


1. (S) Ambassador delivered REF B demarche to Minister of
Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva the evening of March 21 on the
sideline of a dinner in honor of the departing UNDP Resident
Representative. After listening carefully to demarche
points, Ranjeva replied that as a SADC Member, Madagascar
cannot and will not speak out on its own about Zimbabwe.
Five years after the governance crisis and a few months after
successful elections in Madagascar, the GOM prefers a low
profile. MFA Ranjeva added, very discreetly, that he knows
President Ravalomanana's personal feeling is that Mugabe is a
problem.
PATRICK