Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07CAIRO1519
2007-05-23 13:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS
how-toVZCZCXYZ0009 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHEGA #1519 1431333 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 231333Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0000 INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS CAIRO 001519
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG
SUBJECT: ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS
REF: A. CAIRO 1353
B. SECSTATE 60497
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
UNCLAS CAIRO 001519
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG
SUBJECT: ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS
REF: A. CAIRO 1353
B. SECSTATE 60497
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
1. AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY
8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER
STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE
AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT
UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE
AND APPOINTED THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AS INTERIM PRESIDENT,
UNTIL NEW ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN JUNE. ONE OF BACAR'S KEY
CONCERNS, SAID HOSNI, WAS HIS OWN SECURITY; IT WAS AGREED
THAT THE INTERIM PRESIDENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR BACARS
SECURITY. ACCORDING TO HOSNI, THE LEAGUE HAD AGREED TO GIVE
$350,000, VIA THE UNDP, TO FINANCE THE JUNE ELECTIONS.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG
SUBJECT: ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS
REF: A. CAIRO 1353
B. SECSTATE 60497
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
1. AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY
8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER
STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE
AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT
UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE
AND APPOINTED THE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AS INTERIM PRESIDENT,
UNTIL NEW ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN JUNE. ONE OF BACAR'S KEY
CONCERNS, SAID HOSNI, WAS HIS OWN SECURITY; IT WAS AGREED
THAT THE INTERIM PRESIDENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR BACARS
SECURITY. ACCORDING TO HOSNI, THE LEAGUE HAD AGREED TO GIVE
$350,000, VIA THE UNDP, TO FINANCE THE JUNE ELECTIONS.
RICCIARDONE