Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LONDON955
2009-04-24 15:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy London
Cable title:
ZIMBABWE/UK/FRANCE: SANCTIONS AND LEADING IN THE EU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 000955
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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC (JEAN CLARK)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI FR UK
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE/UK/FRANCE: SANCTIONS AND LEADING IN THE EU
REF: LONDON 937
Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 000955
SIPDIS
NOFORN
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC (JEAN CLARK)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI FR UK
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE/UK/FRANCE: SANCTIONS AND LEADING IN THE EU
REF: LONDON 937
Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C/NF) At a April 21 meeting in Paris (reftel),French
Deputy National Security Advisor Bruno Joubert, MFA
Spokesperson Eric Chevallier, and FM Kouchner's African
Affairs Advisor Charlotte Montel all "pressed hard" on UK
Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown to
support lifting EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, UK Cabinet Office
Senior Africa Advisor Anna French (strictly protect
throughout),who attended the meeting, told POLOFF April 24.
According to French, Montel said that the EU will begin
considering lifting sanctions "with or without the UK," but
would prefer the UK to lead the process. Malloch-Brown
replied by saying, "Yes, it was time to begin looking at
Zimbabwe as a glass half-full," but that the Zimbabwe GNU had
not done enough yet to merit lifting sanctions.
Malloch-Brown affirmed to his French hosts that the UK will
lead EU discussions on Zimbabwe.
2. (C/NF) Indicating that many senior UK Government figures
remain hard-line on Zimbabwe, French said UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown had recently told Italian Prime Minister Prodi
that the UK "will not support the (Government of Zimbabwe)
until Mugabe is gone." French said Ministers will consider
next steps on Zimbabwe at a Cabinet Africa Sub-Committee
meeting on May 6.
Visit London's Classified Website:
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SIPDIS
NOFORN
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/PSC (JEAN CLARK)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2019
TAGS: PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI FR UK
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE/UK/FRANCE: SANCTIONS AND LEADING IN THE EU
REF: LONDON 937
Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C/NF) At a April 21 meeting in Paris (reftel),French
Deputy National Security Advisor Bruno Joubert, MFA
Spokesperson Eric Chevallier, and FM Kouchner's African
Affairs Advisor Charlotte Montel all "pressed hard" on UK
Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown to
support lifting EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, UK Cabinet Office
Senior Africa Advisor Anna French (strictly protect
throughout),who attended the meeting, told POLOFF April 24.
According to French, Montel said that the EU will begin
considering lifting sanctions "with or without the UK," but
would prefer the UK to lead the process. Malloch-Brown
replied by saying, "Yes, it was time to begin looking at
Zimbabwe as a glass half-full," but that the Zimbabwe GNU had
not done enough yet to merit lifting sanctions.
Malloch-Brown affirmed to his French hosts that the UK will
lead EU discussions on Zimbabwe.
2. (C/NF) Indicating that many senior UK Government figures
remain hard-line on Zimbabwe, French said UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown had recently told Italian Prime Minister Prodi
that the UK "will not support the (Government of Zimbabwe)
until Mugabe is gone." French said Ministers will consider
next steps on Zimbabwe at a Cabinet Africa Sub-Committee
meeting on May 6.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Unit ed_Kingdom
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