Identifier
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Classification
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08ABUJA1434
2008-07-25 13:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE ZIMBABWE TALKS

Tags:  PREL SADC ZI NI 
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PP RUEHDU RUEHMR RUEHPA RUEHRN RUEHTRO
DE RUEHUJA #1434 2071349
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 251349Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHSB/AMEMBASSY HARARE PRIORITY 0077
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3463
INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE
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. 
SANDERS