Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ISLAMABAD2495
2007-06-05 13:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR
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UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 002495
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PK SU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: A. STATE 65750
B. ISLAMABAD 2083
UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 002495
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PK SU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: A. STATE 65750
B. ISLAMABAD 2083
1. (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging
Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for
UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to
MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the
substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the
past also called for a more unified command in UN
peacekeeping operations. He said that failing to resolve
command and control issues in advance of a hybrid operation
would be diastrous for the mission. Shah said that he would
consult with Pakistan Army headquarters because they would
have to support any decision to send peacekeepers. He
pointed out that the challenges to the hybrid operation were
political as well as technical, meaning that the AU must be
seen as an important component of the operation. Echoing
what Foreign Secretary Khan said about the Darfur mission
last month (ref B),Shah concluded that Pakistan would be
deliberate in deciding how to contribute to a hybrid
operation.
BODDE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO PK SU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN MFA ON DARFUR
PEACEKEEPING
REF: A. STATE 65750
B. ISLAMABAD 2083
1. (SBU) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel points urging
Pakistan to weigh in with the UN and the AU on the need for
UN command and control of the proposed hybrid operation to
MFA Director (UN-I) Haider Shah. Shah said that the
substance of our message made sense, as Pakistan has in the
past also called for a more unified command in UN
peacekeeping operations. He said that failing to resolve
command and control issues in advance of a hybrid operation
would be diastrous for the mission. Shah said that he would
consult with Pakistan Army headquarters because they would
have to support any decision to send peacekeepers. He
pointed out that the challenges to the hybrid operation were
political as well as technical, meaning that the AU must be
seen as an important component of the operation. Echoing
what Foreign Secretary Khan said about the Darfur mission
last month (ref B),Shah concluded that Pakistan would be
deliberate in deciding how to contribute to a hybrid
operation.
BODDE