Identifier
Created
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08HARARE454
2008-05-22 12:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000454
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000454
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told the Ambassador on
May 22 that he and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai had met
May 21 in Lusaka with Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa and
other high-ranking Zambian officials. Tsvangirai requested
that SADC convene an emergency summit to discuss the security
situation and SADC observation in Zimbabwe.
2. (C) Mwanawasa told Tsvangirai that TICAD IV in Tokyo, to
begin next week, made convocation of a summit difficult. He
said he would try to hold a meeting on the issue of SADC
observation with his SADC colleagues on the margins of TICAD
IV. Mwanawasa, referring to the SADC Communique issued after
SADC's April 13 Extraordinary Summit in Lusaka, said he
supported SADC observation and believed SADC could send as
many observers as it wished. He also said SADC would take
(unspecified) measures to guarantee Tsvangirai's safety in
Zimbabwe.
3. (C) According to Masiyiwa, Mwanawasa's interest in
Tsvangirai's request was piqued when one of his ministers
during the meeting informed him that recently over 800
Zimbabwean military deserters had entered Zambia. Mwanawasa
expressed concern about potential crime problems.
McGee
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR S. HILL
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR E. LOKEN AND L. DOBBINS
STATE PASS TO NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE
Classified By: Ambassador James D. McGee for reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told the Ambassador on
May 22 that he and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai had met
May 21 in Lusaka with Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa and
other high-ranking Zambian officials. Tsvangirai requested
that SADC convene an emergency summit to discuss the security
situation and SADC observation in Zimbabwe.
2. (C) Mwanawasa told Tsvangirai that TICAD IV in Tokyo, to
begin next week, made convocation of a summit difficult. He
said he would try to hold a meeting on the issue of SADC
observation with his SADC colleagues on the margins of TICAD
IV. Mwanawasa, referring to the SADC Communique issued after
SADC's April 13 Extraordinary Summit in Lusaka, said he
supported SADC observation and believed SADC could send as
many observers as it wished. He also said SADC would take
(unspecified) measures to guarantee Tsvangirai's safety in
Zimbabwe.
3. (C) According to Masiyiwa, Mwanawasa's interest in
Tsvangirai's request was piqued when one of his ministers
during the meeting informed him that recently over 800
Zimbabwean military deserters had entered Zambia. Mwanawasa
expressed concern about potential crime problems.
McGee