Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NIAMEY316
2008-03-13 15:10:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Niamey
Cable title:
NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS
VZCZCXRO4160 PP RUEHPA DE RUEHNM #0316 0731510 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 131510Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY NIAMEY TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4191 INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHAS/AMEMBASSY ALGIERS PRIORITY 3436 RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 0004 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0661 RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI PRIORITY RUZEHAA/CDR USEUCOM INTEL VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY RHMFISS/CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L NIAMEY 000316
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2013
TAGS: PREL VE NG
SUBJECT: NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS
REF: NIAMEY 178 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Donald W. Koran, DCM, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
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Regional Conferences
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NIAMEY 000316
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2013
TAGS: PREL VE NG
SUBJECT: NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS
REF: NIAMEY 178 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Donald W. Koran, DCM, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
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Regional Conferences
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1. (C) Prime Minister diplomatic counselor Housseini
Abdou-Saleye provided the latest on the planned regional
conferences on the Sahara/Sahel region in a March 13 meeting
with DCM. Current plans are for Niger to host a meeting on
regional smuggling, including drugs, cigarettes, arms, people
and archeological goods. It would include Niger, Mali,
Mauritania, Algeria, Libya and Chad, as well as CENSAD
(comprised of Sahelian and Saharan countries),ECOWAS
(comprised of West African countries) and UNDP. It would
prepare for a second meeting to be held in Bamako, which
would cover security and development, as well as smuggling.
Non-African countries may be invited to the Bamako meeting.
Originally, the first conference was scheduled for April or
May, and the second conference for June, but those dates will
probably slip.
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Niger-Venezuela Bilaterals
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2. (C) In the context of upcoming Nigerien diplomatic
activities, Abdou-Saley said that the GON was planning for a
meeting of the Nigerien-Venezuelan joint commission in
Niamey. He said the joint commission was formed a couple of
years ago. Comment: The joint commission was presumably
formed in the context of Venezuela's unsuccessful UNSC bid,
but we were not aware that there had been any action by the
commission.)
3. (U) Tripoli minimize considered.
ALLEN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/13/2013
TAGS: PREL VE NG
SUBJECT: NIGER: REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND VENEZUELAN BILATS
REF: NIAMEY 178 (NOTAL)
Classified By: Donald W. Koran, DCM, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
--------------
Regional Conferences
--------------
1. (C) Prime Minister diplomatic counselor Housseini
Abdou-Saleye provided the latest on the planned regional
conferences on the Sahara/Sahel region in a March 13 meeting
with DCM. Current plans are for Niger to host a meeting on
regional smuggling, including drugs, cigarettes, arms, people
and archeological goods. It would include Niger, Mali,
Mauritania, Algeria, Libya and Chad, as well as CENSAD
(comprised of Sahelian and Saharan countries),ECOWAS
(comprised of West African countries) and UNDP. It would
prepare for a second meeting to be held in Bamako, which
would cover security and development, as well as smuggling.
Non-African countries may be invited to the Bamako meeting.
Originally, the first conference was scheduled for April or
May, and the second conference for June, but those dates will
probably slip.
--------------
Niger-Venezuela Bilaterals
--------------
2. (C) In the context of upcoming Nigerien diplomatic
activities, Abdou-Saley said that the GON was planning for a
meeting of the Nigerien-Venezuelan joint commission in
Niamey. He said the joint commission was formed a couple of
years ago. Comment: The joint commission was presumably
formed in the context of Venezuela's unsuccessful UNSC bid,
but we were not aware that there had been any action by the
commission.)
3. (U) Tripoli minimize considered.
ALLEN