Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LIBREVILLE221
2007-05-11 12:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Libreville
Cable title:
FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIBREVILLE 000221
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KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
ADDIS FOR USAU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2017
TAGS: MARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB
SUBJECT: FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
CEEAC/ECCAS
REF: A. LIBREVILLE 174
B. PARIS 1623
Classified By: DCM: Katherine Dhanani. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L LIBREVILLE 000221
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KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
ADDIS FOR USAU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2017
TAGS: MARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB
SUBJECT: FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
CEEAC/ECCAS
REF: A. LIBREVILLE 174
B. PARIS 1623
Classified By: DCM: Katherine Dhanani. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day,
Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the
French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon
his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who
will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the
standby brigade of the Economic Community of Central African
States (ECCAS or CEEAC in French). On May 11, Deputy
Secretary General of CEEAC Ambassador Nelson Cosme told us
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that the French are assigning a general to liaise with each
of the regional organizations mandated by the African Union
to provide a standby brigade for the AU peacekeeping force.
Cosme said Brigadier General Reglat has been named to
Libreville. In addition to commanding the French garrison
and coordinating assistance to CEEAC, he will take over the
role of Defense Attache, supervising a bilateral assistance
officer assigned to the French Embassy. Cosme said that
CEEAC will station a liaison officer at the French BIMA.
(The French have had a liaison officer at CEEAC HQ for over a
year.)
2. (C) Comment: Following on the April launch of French
training for CEEAC forces (Ref A),the news that France is
strengthening institutional ties to CEEAC and upgrading
representation in Gabon demonstrates that Paris has thought
strategically about how to respond to new African Union peace
and security directives. This occurs despite possible French
discomfort about working with CEEAC, which includes Rwanda
(Ref B).
WALKLEY
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SIPDIS
KINSHASA ALSO FOR BRAZZAVILLE
ADDIS FOR USAU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2017
TAGS: MARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB
SUBJECT: FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
CEEAC/ECCAS
REF: A. LIBREVILLE 174
B. PARIS 1623
Classified By: DCM: Katherine Dhanani. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day,
Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the
French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon
his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who
will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the
standby brigade of the Economic Community of Central African
States (ECCAS or CEEAC in French). On May 11, Deputy
Secretary General of CEEAC Ambassador Nelson Cosme told us
SIPDIS
that the French are assigning a general to liaise with each
of the regional organizations mandated by the African Union
to provide a standby brigade for the AU peacekeeping force.
Cosme said Brigadier General Reglat has been named to
Libreville. In addition to commanding the French garrison
and coordinating assistance to CEEAC, he will take over the
role of Defense Attache, supervising a bilateral assistance
officer assigned to the French Embassy. Cosme said that
CEEAC will station a liaison officer at the French BIMA.
(The French have had a liaison officer at CEEAC HQ for over a
year.)
2. (C) Comment: Following on the April launch of French
training for CEEAC forces (Ref A),the news that France is
strengthening institutional ties to CEEAC and upgrading
representation in Gabon demonstrates that Paris has thought
strategically about how to respond to new African Union peace
and security directives. This occurs despite possible French
discomfort about working with CEEAC, which includes Rwanda
(Ref B).
WALKLEY