Identifier
Created
Classification
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07DARESSALAAM94
2007-01-19 12:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000094
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT AF/RSA FOR CBECK, RORTH; ALSO AF/E FOR BYODER
ADDIS FOR AU MISSION
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2017
TAGS: ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP
CONTRIBUTION
REF: A. STATE 05683
B. STATE 04808
C. NAIROBI 0103
Classified By: Acting DCM, Tulinabo Mushingi for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000094
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT AF/RSA FOR CBECK, RORTH; ALSO AF/E FOR BYODER
ADDIS FOR AU MISSION
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2017
TAGS: ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP
CONTRIBUTION
REF: A. STATE 05683
¶B. STATE 04808
¶C. NAIROBI 0103
Classified By: Acting DCM, Tulinabo Mushingi for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
¶1. (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of
the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was
fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to
Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the
International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia in Nairobi and
noted that Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, one of the
co-chairs, had discussed at length the critical need for
early deployment of a peacekeeping force comprised primarily
of troops from African states (Ref C). In addition, Kenya
had sent a ministerial-level envoy to Tanzania just prior to
President Kikwete's January 14 departure for an official
visit to London with a direct appeal for Tanzania to
contribute troops to an African Union-led Peace Support
Operation (PSO) in Somalia.
¶2. (C) Njiku said President Kikwete had consulted with his
Chief of Defense Forces, General George Waitara, of the
Tanzanian People's Defense Force (TPDF) before leaving for
the United Kingdom and that a final decision would probably
be made shortly after the President returned to Tanzania.
Njiku noted that should the decision be that Tanzania would
join the PSO effort, the TPDF would likely be in need of
logistical support similar to what the U.S. has pledged to
Uganda. He also assumed that since Tanzania had already
agreed to partner with the U.S. in the Africa Contingency
Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program, that any
needed training for deployment to Somalia would be
accelerated. Njiku promised the USG would be notified as
soon as a decision was reached by the Head of State.
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