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| Identifier: | 01HARARE1572 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 01HARARE1572 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Harare |
| Created: | 2001-05-10 16:25:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PREL PINR ZI RW CG |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
101625Z May 01
CONFIDENTIAL PTO4941
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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8840
INFO NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RWANDA COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 001572
SIPDIS
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR JENDAYI FRAZER
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
BRUSSELS FOR HINSON-JONES
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/11
TAGS: PREL, PINR, ZI, RW, CG
SUBJECT: RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE
REF: KIGALI 1856
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CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING FOR
REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR
AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT
RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON
MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID
NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTERS OR OTHER GOZ OFFICIALS. ONLY
ON ONE OCCASION DID KAGAME BRIEFLY MEET WITH ZIMBABWEAN
MINISTERS. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT STATED THAT
DEBRIEFINGS ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED HAD NOT YET TRICKLED
DOWN TO HIS LEVEL (WHICH IS JUST BELOW THAT OF PERMANENT
SECRETARY). MWEDZI STATED THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL MEETING
SIPDIS
WAS CORDIAL, AND THEY SURELY DISCUSSED THE DRC, BUT IT
WOULD BE "PURE SPECULATION" ON HIS PART TO OFFER ANY
DETAILS OF THE DISCUSSION. MWEDZI TRIED TO DOWNPLAY THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF KAGAME'S VISIT, STATING THAT ZIMBABWE
AND RWANDA WERE NOT AT WAR, AND THEY CONTINUED TO
MAINTAIN NORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; RWANDA DID SO
THROUGH ITS MISSION IN PRETORIA.
2. (C) COMMENT: DESPITE THE DIPLOMAT'S DOWNPLAYING, IT
IS SIGNIFICANT THAT KAGAME WOULD COME TO HARARE, HIS
FIRST PUBLIC VISIT HERE SINCE THE WAR IN THE DRC BROKE
OUT IN 1998 (KAGAME MADE A SURREPTITIOUS VISIT BROKERED
BY SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT MBEKI IN 1999). WE CAN
SURMISE THAT KAGAME SOUGHT TO BREAK SOME OF THE ICE THAT
HAS FORMED IN THE RWANDAN-ZIMBABWEAN RELATIONSHIP, AND
ALSO TO SHOW THAT HE CAN BE A REASONABLE STATESMAN WHO
IS NOT INTERNATIONALLY ISOLATED. IN ADDITION, KAGAME
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UNDOUBTEDLY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT RWANDAN INTERESTS,
SUCH DISARMING THE INTERAHAMWE IN THE DRC, ARE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT BY ZIMBABWE AT THIS CRUCIAL JUNCTURE IN THE
DRC PEACE PROCESS. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE UGANDANS SENT
A SPECIAL ENVOY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF KAGAME'S DEPARTURE.
END COMMENT.
IRVING
CONFIDENTIAL
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