Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08DARESSALAAM159
2008-03-05 20:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
ZIMBABWE: TANZANIA PRESSING FOR INTERNATIONAL
how-toVZCZCXYZ9733 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHDR #0159 0652052 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 052052Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7373 INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY 3288 RUEHJB/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY 2646 RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY 3136 RUEHLGB/AMEMBASSY KIGALI PRIORITY 1082 RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA PRIORITY 0254 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 0371 RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 0920 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0280 RUEHDS/USMISSION USAU ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000159
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT AF/S FOR SHILL, AF/E FOR JLIDDLE,
ALSO AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK
ADDIS ABABA FOR AU MISSION
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM ZI TZ
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: TANZANIA PRESSING FOR INTERNATIONAL
MONITORS TO BE IN PLACE WELL IN ADVANCE OF ELECTION DAY
REF: STATE 018257
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000159
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT AF/S FOR SHILL, AF/E FOR JLIDDLE,
ALSO AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK
ADDIS ABABA FOR AU MISSION
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM ZI TZ
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: TANZANIA PRESSING FOR INTERNATIONAL
MONITORS TO BE IN PLACE WELL IN ADVANCE OF ELECTION DAY
REF: STATE 018257
1. (SBU) Honorable Bernard Membe, Tanzania's Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, assured
Ambassador Green on February 27 that President Kikwete is
working closely with President Mbeki of South Africa and
within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as
well as with African Union (AU) states to ensure that
international monitors be allowed into Zimbabwe well in
advance of the presidential, legislative and local elections.
2. (SBU) Minister Membe understood that a SADC observer team
was scheduled to arrive in Harare about three weeks before
the March 29 elections. However, he completely supported the
need for AU, Commonwealth, the SADC Parliamentary Forum and
other key international observer teams, including domestic
civil society groups, to also be in place from the earliest
possible date in order to monitor pre-election activities.
Membe was clear that President Kikwete will continue to use
all avenues to influence President Mugabe to agree that
international election monitors be credentialed and allowed
to enter Zimbabwe as quickly as possible.
GREEN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT AF/S FOR SHILL, AF/E FOR JLIDDLE,
ALSO AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK
ADDIS ABABA FOR AU MISSION
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM ZI TZ
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: TANZANIA PRESSING FOR INTERNATIONAL
MONITORS TO BE IN PLACE WELL IN ADVANCE OF ELECTION DAY
REF: STATE 018257
1. (SBU) Honorable Bernard Membe, Tanzania's Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, assured
Ambassador Green on February 27 that President Kikwete is
working closely with President Mbeki of South Africa and
within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as
well as with African Union (AU) states to ensure that
international monitors be allowed into Zimbabwe well in
advance of the presidential, legislative and local elections.
2. (SBU) Minister Membe understood that a SADC observer team
was scheduled to arrive in Harare about three weeks before
the March 29 elections. However, he completely supported the
need for AU, Commonwealth, the SADC Parliamentary Forum and
other key international observer teams, including domestic
civil society groups, to also be in place from the earliest
possible date in order to monitor pre-election activities.
Membe was clear that President Kikwete will continue to use
all avenues to influence President Mugabe to agree that
international election monitors be credentialed and allowed
to enter Zimbabwe as quickly as possible.
GREEN