Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PARIS1245
2008-07-01 14:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
UNSCR CHAPTER VII ON ZIMBABWE: FRENCH SUPPORT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001245
SIPDIS
DEPART FOR IO/UNP GOLDENBERG
USUN FOR DELAURENTIS AND MCBRIDE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/01/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM KEDM UNSC ZI FR
SUBJECT: UNSCR CHAPTER VII ON ZIMBABWE: FRENCH SUPPORT
U.S. POSITION
REF: A. STATE 69693
B. PARIS 1183
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d
).
(C) French MFA UN Desk Officer Gurvan Le Bras informed us on
July 1 that France entirely supported the USG's proposed UNSC
resolution on Zimbabwe (ref A) and that the MFA had
instructed its UN delegation in New York to follow up
accordingly. When asked specifically if France had any
problems with "the details" of our proposal, he said that
France had no such problems. MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer
Isabelle de Boisgelen, in a separate July 1 conversation,
offered similar comments, although she deferred to Le Bras in
expressing the MFA's "official" response. She noted that
France's position was consistent with recent statements
French leaders had made concerning Zimbabwe and the election
debacle (e.g., ref B). Le Bras commented that, while most
observers shared our views of the Mugabe regime,
unfortunately many of Zimbabwe's neighbors did not, and he
noted the possibility that this could affect how the matter
plays out in the Security Council and, if a resolution is
adopted, in practice.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Fran ce
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
DEPART FOR IO/UNP GOLDENBERG
USUN FOR DELAURENTIS AND MCBRIDE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/01/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM KEDM UNSC ZI FR
SUBJECT: UNSCR CHAPTER VII ON ZIMBABWE: FRENCH SUPPORT
U.S. POSITION
REF: A. STATE 69693
B. PARIS 1183
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d
).
(C) French MFA UN Desk Officer Gurvan Le Bras informed us on
July 1 that France entirely supported the USG's proposed UNSC
resolution on Zimbabwe (ref A) and that the MFA had
instructed its UN delegation in New York to follow up
accordingly. When asked specifically if France had any
problems with "the details" of our proposal, he said that
France had no such problems. MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer
Isabelle de Boisgelen, in a separate July 1 conversation,
offered similar comments, although she deferred to Le Bras in
expressing the MFA's "official" response. She noted that
France's position was consistent with recent statements
French leaders had made concerning Zimbabwe and the election
debacle (e.g., ref B). Le Bras commented that, while most
observers shared our views of the Mugabe regime,
unfortunately many of Zimbabwe's neighbors did not, and he
noted the possibility that this could affect how the matter
plays out in the Security Council and, if a resolution is
adopted, in practice.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Fran ce
STAPLETON