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ARUSKA TALKS AND HEARING ~ UGANDAN PRF_,SIDENT
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KAMPALA, 4tMAY 1994
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INFOFROM:
SUBECT:
ARUSHA, 4 MAY 1994
I.
AT THE INVITATIONOF THE FACILITATOR,
I LEFT KIGALION 2 MAY EN
ROUTE TO ARUHSA VIA NAIROBI TO TAKE PART IN DISCUSSIONS SCHEDULED ON
3 MAY BETWEEN THE RWANDESE WARRYING PARTIF~, ACCOMPAGNYING ME
WERE THE DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER, THE SEN]OR POLITICAL ADVISER AND
THE SPOKESMAN.
2. B EFORE,
LEFT
~aOAU
ANDWHEN~ WAS~,ARUS~,
TFERE
WASTOTAL
CONFUSION AS TO ~ THE RWANDESE
ATIEND TILE PLANNED CEASEFIRE TALKS.
ON I MAYANY RPF PARTICIPATION IN
INTERIM GOUVERNMENT OF RWANDA, THE
PATRIOTIC FRONT (RPF) WOULD
THE RPF RADIO STATION HAD DENIED
DIRECT CEASEFtRE T~ WITH THE
RPF ALSO SAID THAT THE INTERIM
OeVERm~
OFarrARA~
XS~LE«AL
AnDTHATrr~G~TACCF.PT
TOENTER
IN ~TIONS
ONLY WITH THE HIGH COMMAND
OF THE RWANDESE
GOVERNMENT FORCES OEGF). FURTHERMORE, THE RPF RADIO SEVERELY
ATTACKED TANZANIA WHICH Er ACCUSES OF NO LONGER BEING AN IMPARTIAL
BROKER IN THE RWANDESE CONFLICT. Er ALSO ACCUSED THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY FOR NOT HAVING INTERVENED TO STOP THE MASSACRES. THE RPF
SAID THAT BY INSISTING NOW FOR A CEASEFIRE, THE INTERNATIONAL
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wru~ia,AU~JOKDIN¢3TO
TH~ RPF,
STARTED ~ WAR AND WI-IICH ARE NOW ON TI-]~ LOOSING EJ¢D OF IT.
3.
HOWEVER, A RPF DELEGATION LED BY RPF P~ENT, COLONEL ALEXIS
KANYARENGWE ARRNED IN ARUSHA ON 3 MAY. THERE WAS ALSO A
DELAGATION OFTHEIN RLM GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA, COMPOSED OF THREE
MINISTERS AND TWO RGF HIGH COMMAND OFFICERS AND LED BY TRANSPORTS
AND TELF.L"OMMUNICATIONS MINISTER (THE SAME WHO FIAD MET WITH THE
SF-.CRETARY-.GENERAL IN NEW YORK AS A SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT OFiRWANDA).
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4.
THE OAU SECRETARY GENERAL, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF
OBSERVER CONTRES TO THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS WERE ~ PRESENT INARUHSA,
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5.
IT APPEARED THAT ~ MEETING WOULD BE A NON-STARTER AS THE
RPF ~y INDICATED THAT IT CAME TO ARUSHA ONLY TO DEFEND FrS
CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE T~.KS, THESE INCLUDE THE DISBANDING
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD, THE DISBAND1NG OF THE INTERIM GOVERMNET
AND THE END OF THE MASSACRES.
6.
THE INTERIM GOVERNMENTREFUSED TO LET TftE RGF CONDUCT THE
TALKS ON ris BEHALF AS IT ARGUED THAT THE RGF ARE UNDER GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITY.
THE ~ GOVER~
FURTHER
STATED
THAT
ANY
CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST INCLUDE THE RETURN OF THE RPF TO MULINDI
INCLUDING Frs BATAILLON IN THE CND BUILDING IN KIGAII.
7.
NO FORMAL MEETING TOOK PLACE AS SUCH, BUT INDIRECT INFORMAL
TALKS WERE COND UCTED THROUGHOUT B Y THE SPE~ RF~~ATIVE, THE
OAU SECRETARY GENERAL, AND THE TANZANIAN PRIME MINISTER, ON BEHALF
OF THE FACILITATOR.
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10.
TtE DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER AND THE SENIOR POLITIOE ADVISER
HAVE REMAINED IN ARUSHA TO FOLI~W THE LATEST DEVEI~PMENTS THERE,
WHILE I AM ON MY WAY TO KAMPALA TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT MUSEVENI,
11. I WILL KEEP APPRISED YOU OF ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
12.
REGARDS
VIVdlïYSt
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ANNAN/GOULDING, UNATIONS, NEW YORK
KITrANI
BOOH-BOOH, UNAMIR
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HF.AR~G W1TH UGANDAN PRESIDENT
KAMPAI-A,4 MAY 19~~4
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