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08PARIS348
2008-02-27 15:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
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COMOROS: FRANCE TO ASSIST TANZANIA, NOT SENEGAL;

Tags:  PREL PGOV MASS MARR CN FR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000348 

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ADDIS FOR USAU

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS MARR CN FR
SUBJECT: COMOROS: FRANCE TO ASSIST TANZANIA, NOT SENEGAL;
WILL NOT SEEK UNSCR

REF: A. STATE 19510


B. PARIS 308

Classified By: Acting DCM Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000348

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SIPDIS

ADDIS FOR USAU

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS MARR CN FR
SUBJECT: COMOROS: FRANCE TO ASSIST TANZANIA, NOT SENEGAL;
WILL NOT SEEK UNSCR

REF: A. STATE 19510


B. PARIS 308

Classified By: Acting DCM Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d).


1. (C) In response to ref A demarche, Beatrice Lederle
(acting MFA Comoros desk officer) said on February 27 that
France would provide transportation and logistical support to
Tanzanian troops slated to participate in military operations
against Colonel Bacar in Anjouan. She said that France would
help transport Tanzanian troops and equipment from Tanzania
to the Comoros, but not to Anjouan and into combat. Lederle
said it did not appear that Senegal was going to participate
militarily against Bacar, so France expected to assist only
Tanzania. Lederle said that France was not seeking a UN
Security Resolution, which would "take too long." She said
that the AU's February 10 declaration on the situation in
Anjouan served as sufficient legal basis for France's
offering its services to AU member states willing to
participate in the mission. NOTE: Lederle's MFA colleague,
Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau, indicated on February 21
(ref B) that France would seek UNSC authorization for the
operation, but Lederle was quite clear on February 27 in
stating that France did not require one. END NOTE.


2. (U) Minimize considered.


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