USG POSITION ON MUPUTO PLAN OF ACTION DELIVERED TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000330 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C AND PRM E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/03/2017 TAGS: PREL SOCI AU RW SUBJECT: USG POSITION ON MUPUTO PLAN OF ACTION DELIVERED TO GOR REF: STATE 39149 Classified By: Poloff GLearned for reason 1.4 (D) ¶1. (C) On 2 May Charge Michael Thurston, Health and Human Services Global Health Officer Dr. Samuel Adeniyi-Jones and PRM Program Officer Perlita Muiruri communicated the USG position (per reftel) on the Maputo Plan of Action (MPA) to Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo. According to Muiruri, Ntawukuriryayo was familiar with the USG positions-- both procedural and substantive-- regarding the MPA, very receptive to the USG's arguments and said the Rwandan delegation would likely speak strongly in Johannesburg in support of raising the MPA for broader discussion and deleting the contentious language. Ntawukuriryayo agreed to meet with Adeniyi-Jones and Muiruri in Johannesburg on the margins of the Third Ordinary Session of the Conference of African Ministers to further discuss the subject. THURSTON