CHAD: DELIVERY OF CEEAC DEMARCHE

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000494 SIPDIS STATE FOR PM R/SAT STATE ALSO FOR PM/PPA STATE ALSO FOR AF/RSA STATE ALSO FOR AF/C E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL EAID GB KPAO CD SUBJECT: CHAD: DELIVERY OF CEEAC DEMARCHE REF: A. STATE 108057 ¶B. STATE 109276 ¶1. (SBU) Embassy staff delivered French language version of demarche points in Ref A to the MFA's Director General for African Integration, Brahim Adoum, on October 29, also drawing on background in Ref B (demarche for the CEEAC seat in Libreville). Adoun said that Chad welcomed the decision of the U.S. to offer more support to CEEAC in the security realm, and to try to help CEEAC become more of a force for regional stability. ¶2. (SBU) Adoum pointed out that freedom of movement for persons and goods within CEEAC was still not the rule, but that the GoC looked forward to trying to overcome travel-related problems so that CEEAC could become more of a driver of stability in Central Africa. Adoum added that increased global stability would only be possible if states worked to strengthen regional organizations charged with security goals. ¶3. (SBU) Adoun pointed out that Chad had hosted participants in a regional security force in Moussoro several years previously, as part of an effort to stand up a CEEAC military entity. The GoC remained interested in any initiatives that would help bring about establishment of regional forces that could be used for maintenance of regional peace. NIGRO