US embassy cable - 04KINSHASA1263

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001263 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, CG 
SUBJECT:  LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM CONGOLESE FONMIN 
GHONDA 
 
1.  Embassy Kinshasa received the attached letter from 
Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda for 
Secretary Powell and NSC Africa Director Courville 
 
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thanking the U.S.  for hosting the May 13 Quadripartite 
talks.   Post will forward the originals by pouch. 
 
2.  Text of the letter: 
 
Salutary greeting: 
 
On behalf of the Congolese delegation and on my own 
behalf, I have the honor to express our deep and 
sincere gratitude to the State Deparment and to the 
United States Government for hosting the Quadripartite 
Meeting between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Uganda and Rwanda inWashington, D.C. on 13 May 2004. 
 
The Congolese delegation was genuinely pleased by the 
fruitful discussions that took place among all parties 
during this meeting and gratifyingly took note of the 
promising strategies devised on this occasion for a 
better implementation of the Pretoria and the Luanda 
Agreements. 
 
Allow me to avail myself of this opportunity to salute 
and to encourage the relentless efforts of the American 
Government for the return of peace and stability in the 
Great Lakes Region, in each of the states involved as 
well as through the United Nations Organization Mission 
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) to 
which the Congolese Government reiterates its full 
support. 
 
Complimentary close. 
 
Antoine Ghonda