Identifier
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08MADRID756
2008-07-10 06:26:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS

Tags:  PHUM PREL RW SP 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000756 

SIPDIS

S/WCI FOR KEITH ADAM
L-EUR FOR PETER OLSON, KAREN JOHNSON
L-LEI FOR PROPP, CLIFTON JOHNSTON
L-AN FOR ONA HAHS
THE HAGUE FOR HEATHER SCHILDGE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/08/2018
TAGS: PHUM PREL RW SP
SUBJECT: SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS
AT AU SUMMIT

REF: MADRID 00504

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000756

SIPDIS

S/WCI FOR KEITH ADAM
L-EUR FOR PETER OLSON, KAREN JOHNSON
L-LEI FOR PROPP, CLIFTON JOHNSTON
L-AN FOR ONA HAHS
THE HAGUE FOR HEATHER SCHILDGE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/08/2018
TAGS: PHUM PREL RW SP
SUBJECT: SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS
AT AU SUMMIT

REF: MADRID 00504

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).


1. (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General
for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito,
Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th
African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week.
Sanchez-Benedito said that during the summit, Lossada
initiated a meeting with Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rosemary Museminali to discuss the Rwandan indictments.
According to Sanchez-Benedito it was a good meeting,
positively received, and crucial in establishing an open
dialogue on this issue. Sanchez-Benedito said that Lossada
explained to Museminali that the GOS was constrained by the
autonomy of the Spanish courts. Sanchez-Benedito said that
Museminali shared that she had recently canceled a Brussels
trip to avoid possible detention of a delegation member who
had been listed in the indictment.


2. (C) Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that the issue of the
Rwandan indictments is of great interest to the Spanish
public and although sensitive, a legitimate interest due to
the deaths of nine Spaniards. Despite this, however,
Sanchez-Benedito said that the Spanish justice system has not
taken a balanced approach to the Rwandan issue.
LLORENS