Identifier
Created
Classification
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09DJIBOUTI325
2009-04-18 17:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Djibouti
Cable title:  

DJIBOUTI/SUDAN: NO INVITATION TO BASHIR

Tags:  PREL PHUM DJ SU 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/04/17
TAGS: PREL PHUM DJ SU
SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI/SUDAN: NO INVITATION TO BASHIR

REF: STATE 35828

CLASSIFIED BY: James Swan, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)

(C) During a meeting with Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud
Youssouf April 11, Ambassador drew from reftel points to (1) ask
about a "Sudan Tribune" article claiming that Djibouti had invited
Sudanese President Bashir to visit and (2) stress the negative
implications of such a visit. Youssouf assured Ambassador that no
invitation had been extended to Bashir, nor was any planned. As a
member of the African Union and Arab League, Djibouti would support
positions agreed in these institutions. But Djibouti had no
interest, he said, in any "provocative" act, such as hosting
Bashir.
SWAN

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