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Viewing cable 06LUANDA548, PDAS Pittman Meets with Angolan Ministry of

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LUANDA548 2006-05-30 09:29 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Luanda
VZCZCXRO0814
RR RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR
DE RUEHLU #0548 1500929
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 300929Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY LUANDA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2882
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
UNCLAS LUANDA 000548 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AFFO AND AF/S 
 
E.O.  12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EAID AO
SUBJECT: PDAS Pittman Meets with Angolan Ministry of 
External Relations 
 
1.  Summary:  During a meeting with the Ministry of External 
Relations PDAS Bobby Pittman committed to additional high- 
level State Department visitors to Angola; discussed how 
best Angola might benefit from AGOA, and exchanged views on 
the voter registration and election timetable in Angola, 
noting how important it is for the people of Angola to have 
faith in the electoral system.  End Summary. 
 
2.  PDAS Bobby Pittman met on May 19, 2006, with Balbina da 
Silva, Director for the Americas at the Ministry of External 
Relations.  PDAS Pittman was accompanied by Charge James 
Knight and Management Officer (notetaker).  Director Balbina 
was accompanied by Counselor for Economic Affairs, Domingos 
Antonio.  Balbina opened with regrets that Foreign Minister 
Miranda and Vice Minister Chicoty were both traveling and 
unavailable to meet with PDAS Pittman. 
 
3.  PDAS Pittman expressed his commitment to a greater 
number of high-level visits from Washington, not only 
additional visits of his own, but also from Deputy Assistant 
Secretaries Jeff Krilla and Carol Thompson.  Director 
 
SIPDIS 
Balbina said the GRA would welcome additional visits and 
hoped that Assistant Secretary Frazer would soon propose a 
date for her postponed visit. 
 
4.  Director Balbina thanked the U.S. for its assistance in 
the health sector, citing the President's Malaria Initiative 
and programs to combat the spread of HIV.  She noted that 
Angola has a relatively low level of HIV but that additional 
assistance would help prevent the spread of the disease. 
 
Interest in AGOA 
---------------- 
 
5.  Director Balbina said she hoped Angola would benefit 
from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and 
requested PDAS Pittman's help in this regard.  She noted the 
Monday, May 22 AGOA digital video conference scheduled in 
Luanda, and expressed her hope that the conference would 
help clarify how Angolan exporters could meet customs and 
market requirements.  PDAS Pittman acknowledged that it is 
often difficult for countries to attain AGOA status, but 
noted that President Bush's African policy is based on 
partnerships.  He said he hoped Angolan exporters would be 
able to partner with American buyers but cited two 
challenges:  export regulations and the size of the market. 
With regard to the first, PDAS Pittman related the 
experience of Afghanistan, where changes in the regulatory 
environment reduced the time required to register small 
businesses from ninety days to one week.  On the second 
point, PDAS Pittman shared the example of a supplier of high 
quality doors in South Africa.  The Home Depot Inc. placed 
an order for the doors which was more than the supplier 
could produce in 10 years.  Both Director Balbina and PDAS 
Pittman agreed that it would be critical to link the right 
partners and better define the market. 
 
Election Timetable? 
------------------- 
 
6. PDAS Pittman asked Director Balbina for her views on the 
timetable for voter registration and elections and offered 
U.S. assistance in addressing obstacles that might remain. 
Balbina said voter registration would begin soon, but noted 
that landmines remained a danger for voters and election 
officials.  She reported that a landmine commission had been 
created to speed up the de-mining effort.  (Note: Balbina is 
the deputy of the National Landmine Committee.  End Note.) 
PDAS Pittman pointed to the importance of a strong electoral 
commission, contrasting the positive experience of Zambia 
with that of Mauritania.  He pointed out that the way in 
which election results are viewed can be linked to the 
confidence of voters in the strength and integrity of the 
electoral commission.  Balbina replied that the Angolan 
electoral commission was not appointed by the government and 
enjoys broad representation.  She said that what happened in 
1992 would not happen again, predicting that whoever lost 
would have to accept the result.  PDAS Pittman said it was 
important that the people have confidence in the system and 
observed that Angola seemed to be on the right path. 
Pressed for a timetable on elections, Director Balbina 
replied that although she is not an expert on elections, she 
couldn't imagine that it would take more than one year to 
register voters.  Note: Voter registration is planned to 
take six months. End Note. 
 
7. PDAS Pittman has cleared this message. 
 
KNIGHT