Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TRIPOLI555
2009-07-12 15:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tripoli
Cable title:
AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TRIPOLI 000555
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, AF/FO, AF/E AND AF/RSA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/12/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ER ET SO AU LY
SUBJECT: AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER
MUSA KUSA
CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L TRIPOLI 000555
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, AF/FO, AF/E AND AF/RSA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/12/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ER ET SO AU LY
SUBJECT: AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER
MUSA KUSA
CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) 1.(C) In a brief meeting on July 2 on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (FM-equivalent) Musa Kusa said Libya had used the AU summit to bring Ethiopian and Eritrean leadership together in an effort to end their proxy war in Somalia. Kusa encouraged A/S Carson to have the U.S. promote security in the Sahel at the July 8-9 G8 meeting in Italy. A/S-equivalent for American Affairs Ahmed Fituri agreed that if Somalia's Transitional Federal Government were to lose ground to al-Shabaab, transnational terrorist organizations would gain a key foothold on the African continent that could quickly spread through the Sahel. Fituri remarked that POTUS' upcoming Africa trip was very important and wished A/S Carson success in his remaining travel schedule. Neither Kusa nor Fituri pressed for a POTUS-Qadhafi meeting at the G8 Summit.
2.(U) A/S Carson has approved this message. CRETZ
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/MAG, AF/FO, AF/E AND AF/RSA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/12/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ER ET SO AU LY
SUBJECT: AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER
MUSA KUSA
CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) 1.(C) In a brief meeting on July 2 on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (FM-equivalent) Musa Kusa said Libya had used the AU summit to bring Ethiopian and Eritrean leadership together in an effort to end their proxy war in Somalia. Kusa encouraged A/S Carson to have the U.S. promote security in the Sahel at the July 8-9 G8 meeting in Italy. A/S-equivalent for American Affairs Ahmed Fituri agreed that if Somalia's Transitional Federal Government were to lose ground to al-Shabaab, transnational terrorist organizations would gain a key foothold on the African continent that could quickly spread through the Sahel. Fituri remarked that POTUS' upcoming Africa trip was very important and wished A/S Carson success in his remaining travel schedule. Neither Kusa nor Fituri pressed for a POTUS-Qadhafi meeting at the G8 Summit.
2.(U) A/S Carson has approved this message. CRETZ