JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001177 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG SUBJECT: JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF MEETING, OCTOBER 1-2 REF: KAMPALA 1486 ¶1. (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. ¶2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETING OF THE CHIEFS OF GENERAL STAFF OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS MEMBERS STATES LUBUMBASHI, ON 1-2, OCTOBER 2007 At the invitation of the Chief of General Staff of the FARDC, Lieutenant General Dieudonne KAYEMBE, the Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces General Aronda NYAKAIRIMA, the Chief of General Staff of the Rwanda Defense Forces General James KABAREBE, the Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces of Burundi Major General Samuel GAHIRO, the MONUC Force Commander Lieutenant General Babacar GAYE, and the facilitator represented by Lieutenant Colonel Scott BRYSON, US Defense Attache in DRC, met at the Park Hotel in LUBUMBASHI, DRC. THEY DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: a. To strengthen and operationalise the joint verification mechanisms in order to effectively deal with negative forces and monitor cross border situations. b. To encourage meetings of other state structures such as police, immigration and local administration in order to strengthen the mechanism of the Tripartite Plus. c. To formalise meetings of unit commanders operating along common borders at various levels in order to deal with border incidents and enhance mutual confidence, d. The meeting looked at the Joint Planning Cell structure, its organisation and operationalisation and approved it. e. To hold the next meeting of Chiefs of General Staff in Kampala, Uganda in January 2008. The meeting was held in a free, frank and cordial atmosphere. Done at Lubumbashi, DRC on 2nd October 2007. [signed] The Chief of General Staff FARDD, DRC Dieudonne KAYEMBE Lieutenant General The Chief of General Staff of NDF, Burundi Samuel GAHIRO Major General The Chief of General Staff of RDF, Rwanda James KABAREBE General The Chief of Defense Forces of UPDF, Uganda Aronda NYAKAIRIMA General End text. Brock