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09KIGALI177
2009-03-23 13:56:00
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Embassy Kigali
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DEPT FOR AF/W JANE DENNISON AND AF/RSA PETER
BARLERIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ON MAURITANIA
REF: STATE 25557
(SBU) Pol/econ counselor delivered reftel demarche on March
23 to Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs IO Director Ben
Rutsinga. Rutsinga indicated Rwanda, as a member of the
Peace and Security Council, was fully supportive of the
declarations by the African Union (AU) on Mauritania, and in
particular supported Mauritania's suspension from the AU and
the use of travel and financial sanctions to press for the
return of constitutional rule. Rutsinga noted the AU
preferred to use "dialogue" in attempting to reverse an
unconstitutional usurpation of power, but that the time had
come for sanctions "so they (the Mauritanian junta) feels
it." He commented that Rwanda's ambassador to the African
Union was fully supportive of this position.
SYMINGTON