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REF: 92 DAR ES SALAAM 07326
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SUMMARY. THE FRENCH OBSERVER AND THE TANZANIAN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHN L MILLS
DATE/CASE ID: 06 AUG 2007 200103014
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FACILITATOR SAID ON DEC. 28 THAT TALKS CONTINUED FROM
DEC. 24-28, WITH A BREAK ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE RPF
AND THE GOR TEAMS, HAVING SETTLED THE DISTRIBUTION OF
CABINET PORTFOLIOS, WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH OTHER
ISSUES AND STARTED WORK ON A DRAFT PROTOCOL. FONMIN
NGULINZIRA RECIEVED WORD FROM KIGALI THAT THE
ARRANGEMENT OF CABINET PORTFOLIOS WOULD BE SETTLED
FIRST IN KIGALI; HIS REACTION WAS THAT THE AGREEMENT
REACHED IN ARUSHA WAS VALID. END SUMMARY.
2. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BELLIARD, THE FRENCH CHARGE IN DAR
ES SALAAM AND THE OBSERVER FOR THE RWANDA TALKS,
RETURNED TO DAR ON DEC. 27 AND INFORMED US THE
FOLLOWING DAY THAT THE PARTIES HAD CONTINUED
DISCUSSIONS ON DEC. 24 AND DEC. 26-27. REGARDING THE
ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT ON THE CABINET PORTFOLIOS (REFTEL)
HE SAID THAT RWANDAN FONMIN NGULINZIRA RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ENOCH RUHIGERA
STATING THAT THE ARUSHA NEGOTIATORS SHOULD NOT CONCERN
THEMSELVES WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF CABINET
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PORTFOLIOS. NGULINZIRA'S REPORTED REACTION TO THIS
WAS TO SNORT THAT THE ARUSHA NEGOTIATORS HAD SETTLED
THIS ISSUE, AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED. AND, IN FACT,
THE NEGOTIATORS HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER ISSUES.
3. BELLIARD SAID THAT ON DEC. 24 THE TWO PARTIES GOT
COMPLETELY STUCK ON THE ISSUE OF HOW TO HANDLE THE TWO
REMAINING PORTFOLIOS IN THE CABINET; AT ONE POINT THE
FACILITATOR, AMB. MPUNGWE OF THE TANZANIAN MFA,
THREATENED TO END THE GOT'S MEDIATION IF THE TWO SIDES
COULD NOT AGREE TO MOVE AHEAD. THE GOR AND RPF TEAMS
DECIDED TO DEFER THE ISSUE INSTEAD AND MOVED ON TO
CONSIDERATION OF OTHER POLITICAL TOPICS, SUCH AS THE
LENGTH OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD, WHETHER TO HOLD A
NATIONAL CONFERENCE, A TIMETABLE FOR THE TRANSITION
PROCESS, A FORMULA FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE
MEMBERS OF THE TRANSITIONAL CABINET, AND WHAT TO DO IN
THE EVENT THAT THE PRESIDENCY FALLS VACANT. THEY
SETTLED ON AN OATH OF OFFICE, AND AGREED THAT HOLDING
A NATIONAL CONFERENCE WOULD BE A BAD IDEA. HE FELT,
ON THE WHOLE, THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WERE GOING WELL
BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THE MOOD WAS GOOD, AND BOTH
PARTIES WERE OPTIMISTIC.
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4. THE TANZANIAN FACILITATOR, AMB. AMI MPUNGWE,
PROVIDED A SECOND BRIEF UPDATE ON DEC. 28. HE SAID
THE PARTIES WERE PREPARED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A
NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPOSITION
OF THE BROAD-BASED TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND
EXPECTED TO "TIE UP THE PACKAGE" OVER THE NEXT 4-5
DAYS. GOR NEGOTIATOR KANYARUSHOKI AND RPF NEGOTIATOR
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MAZIMPHAKA WERE MEETING DEC. 28 TO BEGIN WORK ON A
DRAFT PROTOCOL. HE NOTED THAT IN VIEW OF THE TIME
NEEDED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON POWER-SHARING, THE TWO
SIDES HAD AGREED TO FINISH WITH THE CABINET, THE
ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED ISSUES, THEN TAKE A BREAK BEFORE
TURNING TO MILITARY INTEGRATION AND REFUGEES
(PRESUMABLY THIS MEANS TALKS WILL BREAK AROUND THE NEW
YEAR, THEN RESUME AGAIN LATER IN JANUARY). HE SAID
THAT THE TWO SIDES HAD NOT YET WORKED THROUGH A
PROGRAM OR TIMETABLE FOR A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, AND
THAT THE ISSUE OF THE LENGTH OF THE TRANSITION WOULD
BE DEFERRED UNTIL THIS HAD BEEN DONE.
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5. BELLIARD ALSO PROVIDED A FEW FINAL NOTES ON THE
JPMC AND THE OBSERVERS. HE REMARKED THAT THE JPMC HAD
ACHIEVED SOME GAINS. THE FRENCH MILITARY ISSUE WAS
EVIDENTLY NOT RESOLVED, BUT THE GOR AND RPF AGREED TO
MEET IN RWANDA WITH NMOG TO DEMARCATE THE NEUTRAL ZONE
DIVIDING THE TWO SIDES, USING A FORMULA THAT WILL
ADJUST THE DISTANCES EACH SIDE MUST WITHDRAW TO TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT THE SHALLOW DEPTH OF THE RPF POSITION IN
SEVERAL PLACES. BELLIARD OBSERVED THAT THE JPMC
SESSION HAD BEEN USEFUL IN PERMITTING THE PARTIES TO
VENT THEIR SPLEEN AT EACH OTHER IN A WAY THEY COULD
NOT DO IN DIRECT NEGOTIATING SESSIONS. HE ALSO
REMARKED THAT THE BELGIANS, BURUNDIS AND FRENCH (IN
ADDITION TO THE U.S.) CURRENTLY HAD NO OBSERVERS AT
THE TALKS; THE GERMANS, UGANDANS, OAU AND SENEGALESE
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