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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07KHARTOUM1091 |
S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...] |
2007-07-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | USAU ET |
| 08ABUJA2481 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE FOR AU PSC DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche urging African Union Peace and Security Council members to ramp up pressure on the Mauritanian junta to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the African Union Division E.T.P. Josakweker on December 18 both orally and by diplomatic note. Josakweker had no [...] |
2008-12-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML NI |
| 08ADDISABABA3456 |
USAU: GUINEA'S AU MEMBERSHIP SUSPENDED [...] (U) As expected, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council voted on December 29 to suspend Guinea from the organization until the country returns to constitutional order. The Council also reiterated its "firm condemnation" of the December 23 coup, which it regards as "a flagrant viol [...] |
2008-12-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GV USAU |
| 08BAMAKO956 |
MALI: AU PSC TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML |
| 08KAMPALA1473 |
UGANDA WILL HOLD THE LINE ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU UG |
| 08NDJAMENA520 |
CHAD - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL USAU CD |
| 09ALGIERS397 |
ALGERIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON MAURITANIA [...] According to acting Director of African Multilateral Affairs Zineddine Birouk, Algeria sees the April 15 resignation of Mauritanian General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as a "positive sign" towards the expected June 6 elections. Birouk told us on April 21 that the Algerian position on Mauritania w [...] |
2009-04-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR AG |
| 09KIGALI701 |
NIGER DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL USAU NI RW |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT138 |
MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...] |
2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT167 |
MAURITANIAN JUNTA ASKS ISRAELIS TO LEAVE [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel called Charge evening of March 1 advising that he had been convoked that afternoon by the MFA Secretary General and asked to reciprocate actions taken by the Mauritanian authorities by closing his embassy and leaving. The Secretary General said Mauritania had [...] |
2009-03-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT170 |
PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI MAY GO TO LIBYA [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge March 2 that President Abdallahi had accepted in principle a request from Muammar Qadhafi to meet with him in Libya on Friday, March 6. Hammoudi said the President had accepted the request from the Libyan Special [...] |
2009-03-03 07:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT175 |
PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S CAMP INCREASINGLY WORRIED [...] (C) Multiple FNDD contacts are markedly discouraged following the February 20 meeting if in International Consultative Group on Mauritania and Muammar Qadhafi's entry into the political mix. Qadhafi is not trusted to hold the AU's hard line against the coup but the FNDD recognizes rejecting [...] |
2009-03-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT177 |
FNDD SEES LIBYA RUSHING FOR A DEAL [...] (C) The FNDD's rotating President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna confirmed to Charge March 5 that President Abdallahi will probably go forward with the Friday trip to Libya to meet with Muammar Qadhafi. Abeidna said he had already received a partial readout from the FNDD delegation in Triploi that is [...] |
2009-03-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT191 |
FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...] |
2009-03-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT195 |
QADHAFI WILL SETTLE FOR A JOINT DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Negative review of Libya meeting: Charge met evening of March 9 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Hammoudi's request. Hammoudi provided much the same readout on the Libya visit as provided by FNDD rotating President Abeidna in REFTEL (Hammoudi seemed [...] |
2009-03-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT202 |
QADHAFI LEAVES MAURITANIA WORSE THAN HE FOUND IT [...] (C) Summary: Libyan leader Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania saw the President of the African Union pursue a mediation policy in direct opposition to the pro-democracy position of the international community he was ostensibly recommending. Qadhafi embraced the junta's plan for return to civilian [...] |
2009-03-12 18:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT204 |
OULD DADDAH AND THE FNDD: UNITED AGAINST QADHAFI, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation," Ahmed Ould Daddah and President Abdallahi's FNDD have again been pushed towards cooperation in denouncing Qadhafi and renouncing the military strategy for June 6 elections. Ould Daddah remains fixed in opposition to President Abdallahi's re [...] |
2009-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT210 |
MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT257 |
MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...] |
2009-04-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT268 |
RENEWED AU-LIBYAN MEDIATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union and Libya have started a renewed mediation effort aimed at avoiding the need to apply sanctions. The African Union questions whether the three main Mauritanian protagonists can ever come up with a consensual plan if left to their own devices, and suggests the [...] |
2009-04-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT290 |
CONSIDERING THE SENEGALESE MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Democratically elected president Abdallahi intends to travel to Senegal on Sunday, April 26, accepting an invitation from President Wade. The FNDD and RFD remain open to participation in a Senegalese/African Union mediation subject to several large reservations. They believe (p [...] |
2009-04-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT327 |
THE FNDD'S EVER-CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD, while suspicious of Senegalese President Wade's intentions, is again looking at the Senegalese mediation as a method to derail the regime's election agenda. The FNDD has multiple conditions, but sees the Senegalese proposal as the basis to start talking about talking [...] |
2009-05-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL USAU SG MR |
| 09STATE14163 |
APPROACHING MAURITANIA REGARDING RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The Israeli Embassy in Washington demarched AF/W on February 12. After exchanging views regarding developments in Mauritania, Israeli emboff related concern about Mauritania's recent statements on Israel and its messages to Israel's Ambassador in Nouakchott (reftels). Israel feels withou [...] |
2009-02-16 15:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL USAU MR IS |