Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BAMAKO700
2009-11-02 08:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bamako
Cable title:
MALI: ENCOURAGING AU PSC TO ACTION ON NIGER
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UNCLAS BAMAKO 000700
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ML NG
SUBJECT: MALI: ENCOURAGING AU PSC TO ACTION ON NIGER
REF: STATE 110957
UNCLAS BAMAKO 000700
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ML NG
SUBJECT: MALI: ENCOURAGING AU PSC TO ACTION ON NIGER
REF: STATE 110957
¶1. (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director
of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse on Oct 29. Cisse
expressed Mali's concern over the recent undemocratic
developments in Niger, and assured Embassy of Mali's support
of ECOWAS's decision to suspend Niger until a
constitutionally legitimate regime is reestablished.
Regarding African Union (AU) action to suspend Niger, Cisse
said he is waiting for Mali's representatives to the AU in
Addis Ababa and Abuja to report on the Peace and Security
Committees's discussions and will further discuss the matter
when he has those reports in hand.
MILOVANOVIC