Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09PARIS475
2009-03-31 10:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRENCH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000475
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/A REOTT, EUR/RPM COPE, EUR/ERA WEISFIED
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PINS EAID NATO FR AF PK
SUBJECT: FRENCH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
DELIVERABLES FOR THE NATO AND U.S.-EU SUMMITS
REF: A. PARIS 465
B. STATE 29482
C. MARCH 26 PARIS POINTS
D. STATE 28929
E. PARIS 415
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Kathleen Allegrone, 1.4 (b/
d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000475
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/A REOTT, EUR/RPM COPE, EUR/ERA WEISFIED
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PINS EAID NATO FR AF PK
SUBJECT: FRENCH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
DELIVERABLES FOR THE NATO AND U.S.-EU SUMMITS
REF: A. PARIS 465
B. STATE 29482
C. MARCH 26 PARIS POINTS
D. STATE 28929
E. PARIS 415
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Kathleen Allegrone, 1.4 (b/
d).
1. (C) For the record, the French have responded positively
to the outline of U.S. policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan
presented by President Obama. We have shared the information
in reftels requesting additional assistance on a number of
fronts in Afghanistan and Pakistan with senior MFA and Elysee
officials. The French remain focused on a deliverable for
the Summit first broached by French Special Envoy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan Lellouche on March 11, that is, the
deployment of a French gendarme training unit of
approximately 150 persons. They are working with other
Europeans in the European Gendarme Force (Italy, the
Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Romania) to increase the
overall deployment to about 300 to 450 (refs a and c). As
noted, the French are prepared to announce their contribution
alone, if the other European members of the EGF are unable to
agree on a deployment prior to the Summit. We also continue
to work with them to win their support for a NTM-A, as one
mechanism for overseeing the various civilian and military
police training missions. French policy interlocutors, most
recently MFA A/S for security affairs Audibert on March 26,
have responded with extreme caution when asked about
additional civilian and military assistance France might
provide in coming months (ref a).
2. (C) MFA Pakistan desk officer Nicolas Bergeret reaffirmed
to us on March 30 that the GOF views positively programs to
assist Pakistan's economic and security development (refs d
and e),but Bergeret could not/not elaborate on whether the
GOF would commit to a strong pledge at the April 17 Pakistan
Donors Conference in Tokyo. French SRAP Lellouche will
attend the Tokyo conference.
PEKALA
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/A REOTT, EUR/RPM COPE, EUR/ERA WEISFIED
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PINS EAID NATO FR AF PK
SUBJECT: FRENCH MFA ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
DELIVERABLES FOR THE NATO AND U.S.-EU SUMMITS
REF: A. PARIS 465
B. STATE 29482
C. MARCH 26 PARIS POINTS
D. STATE 28929
E. PARIS 415
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Kathleen Allegrone, 1.4 (b/
d).
1. (C) For the record, the French have responded positively
to the outline of U.S. policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan
presented by President Obama. We have shared the information
in reftels requesting additional assistance on a number of
fronts in Afghanistan and Pakistan with senior MFA and Elysee
officials. The French remain focused on a deliverable for
the Summit first broached by French Special Envoy for
Afghanistan and Pakistan Lellouche on March 11, that is, the
deployment of a French gendarme training unit of
approximately 150 persons. They are working with other
Europeans in the European Gendarme Force (Italy, the
Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Romania) to increase the
overall deployment to about 300 to 450 (refs a and c). As
noted, the French are prepared to announce their contribution
alone, if the other European members of the EGF are unable to
agree on a deployment prior to the Summit. We also continue
to work with them to win their support for a NTM-A, as one
mechanism for overseeing the various civilian and military
police training missions. French policy interlocutors, most
recently MFA A/S for security affairs Audibert on March 26,
have responded with extreme caution when asked about
additional civilian and military assistance France might
provide in coming months (ref a).
2. (C) MFA Pakistan desk officer Nicolas Bergeret reaffirmed
to us on March 30 that the GOF views positively programs to
assist Pakistan's economic and security development (refs d
and e),but Bergeret could not/not elaborate on whether the
GOF would commit to a strong pledge at the April 17 Pakistan
Donors Conference in Tokyo. French SRAP Lellouche will
attend the Tokyo conference.
PEKALA