Identifier
Created
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09DARESSALAAM286
2009-05-02 17:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
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UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000286
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR JLIDDLE, INR FOR FEHRENREICH, AF/EPS
STATE PASS USAID, USTR
COMMERCE FOR BERKUL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
SUBJECT: EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000286
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR JLIDDLE, INR FOR FEHRENREICH, AF/EPS
STATE PASS USAID, USTR
COMMERCE FOR BERKUL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
SUBJECT: EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
1. The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit
meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing
of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next
summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final
outstanding issues of the protocol came at the expense of three
areas of integration resisted firmly by Tanzania. In effect,
Tanzania's neighbors' citizens will be denied ownership of Tanzanian
land, the right to permanent residence after five years residence,
and entry to Tanzania without a passport. The presidents agreed
that individual countries within the EAC could sign bilateral
agreements on the use of national IDs as travel documents.
2. Final negotiations among the Heads of State took three hours
longer than scheduled, leaving a large collection of ministers,
ambassadors, and other dignitaries waiting in the halls outside.
When the summit's formal session finally opened, Rwandan President
Kagame announced that he would deliver a single statement, his four
colleagues having set aside their scheduled speeches. The
communique (faxed to AF/EX) was greeted with muted applause. The
atmosphere after the session ended was notable for its lack of
enthusiasm, although several of the EAC ambassadors expressed relief
that their leaders had concluded the agreement. The Speaker of the
East African Legislative Assembly, Abidrahin Abdi, expressed
surprise that Tanzania had stood fast on all three issues, not even
giving ground on passport-free travel in the region.
ANDRE
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR JLIDDLE, INR FOR FEHRENREICH, AF/EPS
STATE PASS USAID, USTR
COMMERCE FOR BERKUL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
SUBJECT: EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
1. The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit
meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing
of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next
summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final
outstanding issues of the protocol came at the expense of three
areas of integration resisted firmly by Tanzania. In effect,
Tanzania's neighbors' citizens will be denied ownership of Tanzanian
land, the right to permanent residence after five years residence,
and entry to Tanzania without a passport. The presidents agreed
that individual countries within the EAC could sign bilateral
agreements on the use of national IDs as travel documents.
2. Final negotiations among the Heads of State took three hours
longer than scheduled, leaving a large collection of ministers,
ambassadors, and other dignitaries waiting in the halls outside.
When the summit's formal session finally opened, Rwandan President
Kagame announced that he would deliver a single statement, his four
colleagues having set aside their scheduled speeches. The
communique (faxed to AF/EX) was greeted with muted applause. The
atmosphere after the session ended was notable for its lack of
enthusiasm, although several of the EAC ambassadors expressed relief
that their leaders had concluded the agreement. The Speaker of the
East African Legislative Assembly, Abidrahin Abdi, expressed
surprise that Tanzania had stood fast on all three issues, not even
giving ground on passport-free travel in the region.
ANDRE