Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PARIS242
2009-02-18 14:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
MAURITANIA: FRENCH IN AGREEMENT WITH USG POSITION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000242
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/18/2019
TAGS: PGOV EUN MR PHUM PREL FR
SUBJECT: MAURITANIA: FRENCH IN AGREEMENT WITH USG POSITION
REF: STATE 13962
Classified By: Deputy Political Counselor Andrew Young, 1.4 (b/d).
(C) MFA Mauritania desk officer Sophie Villette on February
17 said that France agreed with the USG position on
Mauritania, as expressed reftel, the points of which we had
conveyed to her earlier in the day. Villette said that she
had discussed the matter with DAS-equivalent for AF/C
Christine Fages, who also agreed on the need to support the
African Union and to press for a firm EU position. Villette
said the EU was scheduled to discuss Mauritania on February
18 and that France would, at that meeting, encourage other EU
member states to maintain a firm stance on the need to return
Mauritania to constitutional rule. Speaking more broadly,
Villette said that free and fair elections, acceptable to all
players, might be the best long-term solution to Mauritania's
political crisis, whether or not President Abdallahi were
allowed to resume the presidency. Villette said that MFA AF
A/S-quivalent Stephane Gompertz was planning to lead the
French delegation at the February 20 conference on
Mauritania, hosted by the International Organization for
Francophonie. Villette indicated that Gompertz was likely to
restate the firm GOF position on Mauritania at the February
20 conference.
PEKALA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/18/2019
TAGS: PGOV EUN MR PHUM PREL FR
SUBJECT: MAURITANIA: FRENCH IN AGREEMENT WITH USG POSITION
REF: STATE 13962
Classified By: Deputy Political Counselor Andrew Young, 1.4 (b/d).
(C) MFA Mauritania desk officer Sophie Villette on February
17 said that France agreed with the USG position on
Mauritania, as expressed reftel, the points of which we had
conveyed to her earlier in the day. Villette said that she
had discussed the matter with DAS-equivalent for AF/C
Christine Fages, who also agreed on the need to support the
African Union and to press for a firm EU position. Villette
said the EU was scheduled to discuss Mauritania on February
18 and that France would, at that meeting, encourage other EU
member states to maintain a firm stance on the need to return
Mauritania to constitutional rule. Speaking more broadly,
Villette said that free and fair elections, acceptable to all
players, might be the best long-term solution to Mauritania's
political crisis, whether or not President Abdallahi were
allowed to resume the presidency. Villette said that MFA AF
A/S-quivalent Stephane Gompertz was planning to lead the
French delegation at the February 20 conference on
Mauritania, hosted by the International Organization for
Francophonie. Villette indicated that Gompertz was likely to
restate the firm GOF position on Mauritania at the February
20 conference.
PEKALA