Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PARIS599
2008-03-31 16:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000599
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR
SUBJECT: COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S
SITUATION
REF: A. ANTANANARIVO 242
B. PARIS 589
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d
).
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000599
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR
SUBJECT: COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S
SITUATION
REF: A. ANTANANARIVO 242
B. PARIS 589
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d
).
1. (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 31
provided an update on former Anjouan leader Col. Bacar. Biau
reported that Bacar and his 22-member entourage were in
French custody at an airbase in Reunion. Biau said that
there were three separate but related legal proceedings in
progress: (1) Bacar's request for political asylum; (2) the
request for extradition from the Union of the Comoros; and
(3) a GOF investigation concerning the Bacar party's illegal
entry into French territory, including the fact that the
group was armed when it arrived in Mayotte, itself an
offense. Biau said the case was becomingly increasingly
complex because of the three issues and the different set of
GOF agencies and procedures involved in each. Although we
were told on March 28 (ref B) that the case would be
processed on an expedited basis and that a ruling might be
issued "within days," Biau cautioned that resolving this
matter would "take awhile" and he refrained from predicting
when a ruling would be made.
2. (C) Biau confirmed that there was no formal extradition
treaty between France and the Comoros, but he said that that
would not be an obstacle should the GOF decide to expel Bacar
and his associates. One of the factors the GOF would
consider, however, was the existence of the death penalty in
the Comoros, which Biau said could affect any decision to
extradite him. Biau said he would keep us informed, and he
thanked the USG for its statement supporting the military
operation that led to Bacar's ouster.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
PEKALA
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/31/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR
SUBJECT: COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S
SITUATION
REF: A. ANTANANARIVO 242
B. PARIS 589
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d
).
1. (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 31
provided an update on former Anjouan leader Col. Bacar. Biau
reported that Bacar and his 22-member entourage were in
French custody at an airbase in Reunion. Biau said that
there were three separate but related legal proceedings in
progress: (1) Bacar's request for political asylum; (2) the
request for extradition from the Union of the Comoros; and
(3) a GOF investigation concerning the Bacar party's illegal
entry into French territory, including the fact that the
group was armed when it arrived in Mayotte, itself an
offense. Biau said the case was becomingly increasingly
complex because of the three issues and the different set of
GOF agencies and procedures involved in each. Although we
were told on March 28 (ref B) that the case would be
processed on an expedited basis and that a ruling might be
issued "within days," Biau cautioned that resolving this
matter would "take awhile" and he refrained from predicting
when a ruling would be made.
2. (C) Biau confirmed that there was no formal extradition
treaty between France and the Comoros, but he said that that
would not be an obstacle should the GOF decide to expel Bacar
and his associates. One of the factors the GOF would
consider, however, was the existence of the death penalty in
the Comoros, which Biau said could affect any decision to
extradite him. Biau said he would keep us informed, and he
thanked the USG for its statement supporting the military
operation that led to Bacar's ouster.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
PEKALA