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08USUNNEWYORK361
2008-04-17 19:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
USUN New York
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MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON
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Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b.d)
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SUBJECT: MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON
ZIMBABWE
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b.d)
1. (C) On the margins of the April 16 High Level Meeting of
the UN Security Council on Africa (reported septel),South
African (SAG) President Thabo Mbeki pulled aside Ambassador
Khalilzad and asked him to convey a message to President
Bush. Mbeki said he was concerned the President might think
South Africa was not doing enough on the situation in
Zimbabwe following the March 29 elections. Mbeki wanted the
President to know that he was doing everything he could.
Mbeki claimed that the problem now was with officials at the
Zimbabwean Electoral Commission, not Mugabe. They were
looking at recent events in Kenya and believed that the
premature release of election data fueled the crisis there --
something they very much wanted to avoid. That said, Mbeki
insisted that he would not allow the elections to be stolen.
2. (U) UN Secretary General Ban opened the Security Council
session earlier in the day with a strong statement on
Zimbabwe. He expressed deep concern by the prolonged
non-release of the election results in Zimbabwe, and said the
international community "continues to watch and wait for
decisive action from Zimbabwean authorities and the countries
in the region." The U.S., the UK, France, Belgium, Croatia,
Italy and Senegal also commented on Zimbabwe in their
statements. The focus of the day-long Security Council
session, chaired by President Mbeki, was strengthening the
relationship between the UN and the African Union.
Khalilzad
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C O R R E C T E D COPY (ADDED DISTRIBUTION TAG)
FOR IO, AF, NSC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/17/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC SF ZI
SUBJECT: MBEKI WANTS PRESIDENT BUSH TO KNOW HE IS TRYING ON
ZIMBABWE
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (b.d)
1. (C) On the margins of the April 16 High Level Meeting of
the UN Security Council on Africa (reported septel),South
African (SAG) President Thabo Mbeki pulled aside Ambassador
Khalilzad and asked him to convey a message to President
Bush. Mbeki said he was concerned the President might think
South Africa was not doing enough on the situation in
Zimbabwe following the March 29 elections. Mbeki wanted the
President to know that he was doing everything he could.
Mbeki claimed that the problem now was with officials at the
Zimbabwean Electoral Commission, not Mugabe. They were
looking at recent events in Kenya and believed that the
premature release of election data fueled the crisis there --
something they very much wanted to avoid. That said, Mbeki
insisted that he would not allow the elections to be stolen.
2. (U) UN Secretary General Ban opened the Security Council
session earlier in the day with a strong statement on
Zimbabwe. He expressed deep concern by the prolonged
non-release of the election results in Zimbabwe, and said the
international community "continues to watch and wait for
decisive action from Zimbabwean authorities and the countries
in the region." The U.S., the UK, France, Belgium, Croatia,
Italy and Senegal also commented on Zimbabwe in their
statements. The focus of the day-long Security Council
session, chaired by President Mbeki, was strengthening the
relationship between the UN and the African Union.
Khalilzad