US embassy cable - 01ABUJA2330

C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002330 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2006 
TAGS: PREL, SU, NI 
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY 
FOR SUDAN PEACE 
 
 
REF: STATE 153144 
 
 
Classified  by CDA Andrews for reason 1.5 (b) 
 
 
1.  On September 15 Mission received the following letter 
from Ambassador Femi George, Director of African Affairs for 
the GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
 
 
2.   
 
 
I acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter dated 6 
September 2001 on the appointment of former Senator John C. 
Danforth from Missouri as President Bush's special Envoy for 
Sudan Peace. 
 
 
While noting that the priority of your government is the 
plight of civilians, who have suffered most from this 
conflict, I hasten to add that only an effective and durable 
political solution to the crisis will assure the success of 
any humanitarian action in that regard.  It is in this 
respect therefore that I hope that your government will 
undertake genuine efforts in a comprehensive resolution of 
this long drawn crisis in the Sudan. 
 
 
Furthermore, it is re-assuring that the appointment of the 
Special Envoy for the Sudan Peace is not intended to supplant 
or undermine the existing peace initiatives.  I am full of 
hope that this assurance includes Nigeria's ongoing 
initiatives in the Sudan. 
 
 
While thanking you for the confidence in sending me this 
information in advance please accept the assurances of my 
highest regard. 
 
 
 
 
 
Ambassador Femi George 
 
 
 
Andrews