Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ABUJA1434
2008-07-25 13:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE ZIMBABWE TALKS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 001434
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/25/2018
TAGS: PREL SADC ZI NI
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE ZIMBABWE TALKS
REF: SECSTATE 79617
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter N.S. Pflaumer for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
(C) On July 25, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously
scheduled meeting between Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs Jeffery and Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to
present reftel demarche concerning the forthcoming talks
between ZANU-PF and the MDC; she left the Minister a
non-paper drawn from reftel. The Ambassador stressed that
any negotiated result needed to reflect the will of the
Zimbabwean people as expressed in the March 29 elections.
The Zimbabweans deseved the democratic transition they voted
for. Maduekwe accepted the non-paper but offered no
substantive reply.
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