Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KIGALI91
2009-02-12 15:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kigali
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHLGB #0091 0431544 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 121544Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5887 INFO RUEHBW/AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 0001 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0203
C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000091
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/21/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV AORC RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 011928
¶B. 08 KIGALI 0453
Classified By: Ambassador Symington for Reasons 1.4 (b) (d)
(C) Mission delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo independence to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International
Organizations Ben Rutsinga on February 11. Asked if Rwanda
had yet determined its position on the issue (first broached
with him in July of 2008 -- reftel B) he said the African
Union had no unified position on Kosovo independence. Rwanda
would not reach an "individual determination" in advance of
such a unified position, he clarified.
SYMINGTON