US embassy cable - 04DJIBOUTI385

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Identifier:	04DJIBOUTI385
Wikileaks:	View 04DJIBOUTI385 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Djibouti
Created:	2004-03-15 09:36:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL PHUM PARM SF DJ
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L DJIBOUTI 000385 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF, AF/E, AND WHA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/15/2014 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, PARM, SF, DJ 
SUBJECT: HAITI DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN UNION STATE DJIBOUTI 
 
REF: STATE 056137 
 
Classified By: AMBASSADOR MARGUERITA RAGSDALE. REASONS 
1.4 (B) AND (D). 
 
1. (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche on Haiti March 14 
to Minister of Cooperation, Mohamoud Youssef Ali, in 
Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Ali stated that 
Djibouti stands firmly with the United States in the 
conviction that President Aristide's departure was for the 
good of Haiti and the Haitian people, who have suffered a 
great deal over the past few decades. 
 
2. (C) Ali added that from Djibouti's perspective, it is 
unimportant whether Aristide left office on his own accord, 
or was encouraged or forced to leave.  What is important is 
that his departure is for the good of Haiti and there is no 
need to create a larger issue.  He said he was unsure of the 
motivations of South Africa in seeking to raise debate over 
the circumstances of Aristide's departure, but that Djibouti 
sees no point in the issue being broached at the Arab League 
level. Ali agreed that efforts now should be focused on the 
restoration of order in that troubled country and a 
commitment to the early establishment of a 
democratically-elected government. 
RAGSDALE