Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KIGALI602
2008-09-04 11:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kigali
Cable title:
RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000602
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
EQUIPMENT
Classified By: Charge Cheryl Sim for Reason 1.4 (b) (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000602
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
EQUIPMENT
Classified By: Charge Cheryl Sim for Reason 1.4 (b) (d)
1. (U) On September 3, Charge formally presented to the
Rwanda Defense Forces approximately twenty million dollars of
equipment and transportation support items under the Global
Peace Operations Initiative, intended for use by Rwanda's
UNAMID contingent in Darfur. The entire upper echelon of the
Rwandan military attended, including Minister of Defense
General Marcel Gatsinzi, Chief of Defense Staff General James
Kabarebe, Army Chief General Charles Kayonga, Air Force Chief
General Charles Muhire, Logistics Chief General Patrick
Nyamvumba, and visiting from Darfur, UNAMID Deputy Commander
General Karenzi Karake. After a tour of the large compound
where Department contractor PA&E procured and stored the
equipment, Gatsinzi, Charge and others made brief remarks;
Gatsinzi was effusive in his thanks for USG support for the
RDF, citing not just this equipment for peacekeeping in
Darfur, but also IMET training and other activities.
2. (C) In the course of the tour of the large compound,
General Karake told us that he had not yet been reappointed
to his position as Deputy UNAMID Commander, as it required
some action by UNSG Ban Ki-moon, who was away from New York.
Karake did not appear unduly concerned, noting that his
present position did not expire until October. Regarding the
attack upon a UNAMID convoy in the Darfur area that resulted
in the deaths of several Rwandan soldiers in July, he said a
Sudanese government (GOS) delegation had attempted to blame
the attack on militias not associated with the GOS, but their
explanations "did not make sense." On UNAMID Commander,
Nigerian General Martin Agwai, Karake was diplomatic, noting
Agai was sometimes "overly-cautious," but said he had a good
working relationship with the Nigerian.
3. (SBU) Finally, regarding the hundreds of trucks and
other pieces of equipment drawn up on the compound, and
mentioning the armored personnel carriers on order from
China, the usually taciturn General Kabarebe said, "if you
think we have been performing well up to now, wait until we
get this stuff up there."
SIM
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
EQUIPMENT
Classified By: Charge Cheryl Sim for Reason 1.4 (b) (d)
1. (U) On September 3, Charge formally presented to the
Rwanda Defense Forces approximately twenty million dollars of
equipment and transportation support items under the Global
Peace Operations Initiative, intended for use by Rwanda's
UNAMID contingent in Darfur. The entire upper echelon of the
Rwandan military attended, including Minister of Defense
General Marcel Gatsinzi, Chief of Defense Staff General James
Kabarebe, Army Chief General Charles Kayonga, Air Force Chief
General Charles Muhire, Logistics Chief General Patrick
Nyamvumba, and visiting from Darfur, UNAMID Deputy Commander
General Karenzi Karake. After a tour of the large compound
where Department contractor PA&E procured and stored the
equipment, Gatsinzi, Charge and others made brief remarks;
Gatsinzi was effusive in his thanks for USG support for the
RDF, citing not just this equipment for peacekeeping in
Darfur, but also IMET training and other activities.
2. (C) In the course of the tour of the large compound,
General Karake told us that he had not yet been reappointed
to his position as Deputy UNAMID Commander, as it required
some action by UNSG Ban Ki-moon, who was away from New York.
Karake did not appear unduly concerned, noting that his
present position did not expire until October. Regarding the
attack upon a UNAMID convoy in the Darfur area that resulted
in the deaths of several Rwandan soldiers in July, he said a
Sudanese government (GOS) delegation had attempted to blame
the attack on militias not associated with the GOS, but their
explanations "did not make sense." On UNAMID Commander,
Nigerian General Martin Agwai, Karake was diplomatic, noting
Agai was sometimes "overly-cautious," but said he had a good
working relationship with the Nigerian.
3. (SBU) Finally, regarding the hundreds of trucks and
other pieces of equipment drawn up on the compound, and
mentioning the armored personnel carriers on order from
China, the usually taciturn General Kabarebe said, "if you
think we have been performing well up to now, wait until we
get this stuff up there."
SIM