Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ROME2285
2007-10-31 17:35:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002285
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2017
TAGS: PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT
SUBJECT: CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER,
HIGHER-LEVEL PREPARATORY MEETING
REF: SECSTATE 159863
Classified By: Poloff Stephen Anderson, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002285
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2017
TAGS: PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT
SUBJECT: CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER,
HIGHER-LEVEL PREPARATORY MEETING
REF: SECSTATE 159863
Classified By: Poloff Stephen Anderson, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa
Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli October 31 to encourage
Italy to host a working-level meeting next week in
preparation for a high-level meeting on CPA implementation.
Pignatelli said Italy believes that pushing for the
high-level meeting immediately would be counterproductive, as
President Bashir would be unlikely to agree to attend, in
Italy's estimation. Poloff advised Pignatelli that the USG
is concerned that we not allow the timing of the high-level
meeting to slip, of which he took note. Pignatelli said he
thought we must reinvigorate the Assessment and Evaluation
Commission (AEC) and use it as a tool to bring the parties to
the CPA to the table. He said that the naming of a new AEC
commissioner might have that effect.
2. (C) Pignatelli said that Italy proposes a meeting some
time between November 28 and December 3, with participation
from the U.S., Norway, Italy, the UK, and the EU. Pignatelli
said MFA Director General for Subsaharan Africa Armando
Sanguini envisions this as an "informal exchange of views" at
a high-enough level that participants have "room to be
flexible." Top on the agenda would be how to convince both
parties to agree to participate in the high-level meeting.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2017
TAGS: PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT
SUBJECT: CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER,
HIGHER-LEVEL PREPARATORY MEETING
REF: SECSTATE 159863
Classified By: Poloff Stephen Anderson, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa
Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli October 31 to encourage
Italy to host a working-level meeting next week in
preparation for a high-level meeting on CPA implementation.
Pignatelli said Italy believes that pushing for the
high-level meeting immediately would be counterproductive, as
President Bashir would be unlikely to agree to attend, in
Italy's estimation. Poloff advised Pignatelli that the USG
is concerned that we not allow the timing of the high-level
meeting to slip, of which he took note. Pignatelli said he
thought we must reinvigorate the Assessment and Evaluation
Commission (AEC) and use it as a tool to bring the parties to
the CPA to the table. He said that the naming of a new AEC
commissioner might have that effect.
2. (C) Pignatelli said that Italy proposes a meeting some
time between November 28 and December 3, with participation
from the U.S., Norway, Italy, the UK, and the EU. Pignatelli
said MFA Director General for Subsaharan Africa Armando
Sanguini envisions this as an "informal exchange of views" at
a high-enough level that participants have "room to be
flexible." Top on the agenda would be how to convince both
parties to agree to participate in the high-level meeting.
SPOGLI