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Negotiations block on the security force, the Rwandan government wanting a gendarmerie attached to the Ministry of Defense, the RPF a police attached to the interior.
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LILONGWE FOR DAO
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PREL, MOPS, MCAP, RW. OAU, UN
SUBJECT: RWANDA: UPDATE ON ARUSHA NEGOTIATIONS 4/21
1. LOU - ENTIRE TEXT.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARMON E KIRBY
DATE/CASE ID: 09 APR 2008 200103014
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2. KIGILI DCM JOYCE LEADER PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING UPDATE
FROM ARUSHA ON 4/21.
MILITARY TALKS DEADLOCKED
3. THE ARUSHA MILITARY TALKS REMAIN STALLED OVER THE NAME
FOR RWANDA'S NEW INTERNAL SECURITY FORCE (TO REPLACE THE
CURRENT GENDARMERIE) AND ITS LOCATION IN THE BUREAUCRACY.
THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATION CONTINUES TO INSIST ON HAVING A
GENDARMERIE LOCATED IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE WHILE THE
RPF ARGUES FOR A POLICE FORCE IN THE MINISTRY OF THE
INTERIOR. THE FACILITATOR REPORTED TO OBSERVERS 4/20 THAT
THE TWO SIDES HAVE AGREED ON ALL OTHER ITEMS OF THE
GENDARMERIE AGENDA. THE RPF HAS GIVEN NO INDICATIONS
ABOUT WHAT IT WILL SETTLE FOR, ALTHOUGH AT LEAST TWO
OBSERVERS HAVE ASSURANCES THE LOCATION OF THE GENDARMERIE
IS NOT TRULY A PROBLEM FOR THE RPF. THE GOR SEES THE
NATURE AND THE EXTENT OF THE GENDARMERIE'S MILITARY
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FUNCTION/ROLE AS A STUMBLING BLOCK.
BUFFER ZONE
THE TECHNICAL MEETINGS CALLED FOR IN THE JOINT
4.
GOR/RPF COMMUNIQUE OF 4/19 TO DISCUSS SECURITY AND
ADMINISTRATION IN THE BUFFER ZONE ARE LIKELY TO BE
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 27-29 WITH THE HIGH LEVEL TALKS TO
FOLLOW ON APRIL 30. A GOR SOURCE SAID THE PRIME MINISTER
AND KANYARENGWE WERE EXPECTED TO REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE
SIDES APRIL 30. TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER NDASINGWA
PLANS TO RETURN TO RWANDA APRIL 23 TO PREPARE FOR THESE
TALKS. HE SAID THE OAU AND THE FACILITATOR WILL BE
INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES. BUT THAT THE VENUE FOR
THE MEETINGS IS UNDECIDED.
5. AN UNSIGNED ANNEX TO THE COMMUNIQUE IS BEING PREPARED
THAT WILL DESCRIBE "MIXED TEAMS" TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND
SET UP ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE BUFFER ZONE.
EACH TEAM WOULD CONSIST OF 15 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS, 15 RPF,
AND 1 NMOG OFFICER. SOURCES HAVE MENTIONED THE
POSSIBILITY OF 12 SUCH TEAMS. ONE FOR EACH COMMUNE IN THE
BUFFER ZONE, BUT THIS IS NOT YET CLEAR. THE ANNEX,
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PROBABLY AVAILABLE LATER TODAY, IS INTENDED TO GUIDE
DISCUSSION AT THE TECHNICAL MEETING ON THE BUFFER ZONE.
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6. AMBASSADOR MPUNGWE, AFTER CONSULTING OBSERVERS,
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CONVENED A MEETING WITH BOTH PARTIES AND THE OBSERVERS
4/21 TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE SLOW PACE OF
NEGOTIATIONS. HE CITED DANGERS OF A SLOW PACE TO THE
PEACE PROCESS ITSELF AND DWINDLING TANZANIAN RESOURCES AS
REASONS FOR QUICKENING THE PACE. BOTH SIDES SAID THE PACE
WAS DUE, NOT TO BAD FAITH, BUT TO THE NEED TO DISCUSS
ISSUES IN DEPTH. THEY ASSURED THE FACILITATOR AND
OBSERVERS THAT THEY WERE USING EVERY AVAILABLE MINUTE FOR
WORK, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE NOT MEETING FACE TO FACE. THEY
AGREED TO CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FACILITATOR TO SET A
TARGET DATE FOR ENDING DISCUSSIONS ON THE MILITARY
(TANZANIA FAVORS 30 APRIL) AND TO OBSERVERS MORE CLOSELY
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
DECONTROL ON 04/21/97
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