US embassy cable - 03HARARE377

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MEDIA REPORT FRANCO-AFRICAN SUMMIT; HARARE

Identifier: 03HARARE377
Wikileaks: View 03HARARE377 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2003-02-24 15:59:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
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.


 
UNCLAS HARARE 000377 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/PDPA FOR DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS 
NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, KPAO, KMDR, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT FRANCO-AFRICAN SUMMIT; HARARE 
 
 
  1.   Under headline "Africa and the French connection" 
      the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" 
      dedicated its February 23 edition to hailing French 
      President Jacques Chirac and African leaders for 
      coming out with a collective communiqu, at the just 
      ended Franco-Africa Summit in Paris, opposed to a war 
      against Iraq.  Excerpts: 
 
  2.   "The Franco-Africa summit ended in Paris on 
      Friday, amid British and American anxiety on France's 
      success in rallying Africa and most of the developing 
      world against the current wave of Anglo-American 
      imperialism. . .  His biggest coup was the support he 
      received from African leaders on his anti-war stance 
      on Iraq.  Much to the chagrin of Tony Blair and George 
      Bush, African leaders signed a French document that 
      expresses support for continued U. N. inspections and 
      which states that, `there is an alternative to war. . 
      . .'" 
 
SULLIVAN 

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