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07TRIPOLI918
2007-10-29 15:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tripoli
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QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS

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C O N F I D E N T I A L TRIPOLI 000918 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL LY CD
SUBJECT: QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS

REF: NDJAMENA 792

CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department
of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)



CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department
of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L TRIPOLI 000918

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL LY CD
SUBJECT: QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS

REF: NDJAMENA 792

CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department
of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)



CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department
of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)


1. (SBU) On the eve of the Darfur peace conference, Libyan
leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi presided over the signing of a separate
peace agreement October 25 in Sirte between the Chadian
government and four Chadian rebel groups. The agreement was
signed by chief Chadian negotiator (and Infrastructure Minister)
Adam Younousmi and the leaders of rebel groups RFC, CNT, UFDD
and UFDD Fondamentale, including the UFDD's Mahamat Nouri and
the RFC's Timan Erdimi. Also witnessing the signing were the
presidents of Chad and Sudan, delegations from their respective
governments, about 100 individuals associated with the rebel
groups, and P-5 heads of mission (DCM stood in for Charge', who
was meeting S/E Natsios that day in Tripoli; the Chinese were
invited but skipped the event).


2. (SBU) In a lengthy, extemporaneous speech after the signing,
Qaddafi praised the rebel leaders for taking the path of peace,
chastized them and other would-be rebels for resorting to
violence ("I am your friend and brother but I am not with you if
you take up arms"),asserted the right of sovereigns to
forcefully quell uprisings (citing with approval the California
National Guards' quelling of riots in Los Angeles in the early
1990s),and emphasized that it is in the interest of Africans
and the world community that peace and unity prevail in Africa.


3. (C) Comment: It was apparent by virtue of the presence of
international press and P-5 ambassadors that the GOL,
particularly now that it has been voted onto the UN Security
Council, wants to highlight its increasingly active diplomacy in
Africa. The Libyans' key players on Africa were of course all
present: the MFA's Ali Treiki, CEN-SAD's Madani, and
intelligence chiefs Musa Kusa and Abdullah Sanussi. Despite
recent rumors of health problems including a possible stroke,
Qaddafi appeared healthy if somewhat slow-moving and delivered
lengthy, coherent remarks without reference to notes.

MILAM