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Viewing cable 06DARESSALAAM1508, BURUNDI, FNL SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06DARESSALAAM1508 2006-09-08 10:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dar Es Salaam
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RUEHJB/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA PRIORITY 2404
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY 2832
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RUEHLS/AMEMBASSY LUSAKA PRIORITY 1728
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 0256
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 3220
RUCNDT/USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0062
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001508 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/E FOR BYODER; ALSO FOR AF/RSA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV BU TZ
SUBJECT: BURUNDI, FNL SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT 
 
 
1. (U)  SUMMARY:  Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, and 
Palipehutu-FNL's Chairperson, Agathon Rwasa, signed a 
Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement in Dar es Salaam September 
7.  The ceasefire is to take effect 72 hours from the signing 
of the agreement.  The agreement outlines further steps to be 
taken, including the issue of the military returning to 
barracks, but leaves the implementation of these modalities 
to annexes still to be negotiated.  The agreement's signing 
ceremony capped the 27th Regional Summit on Burundi which was 
chaired by Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and facilitated 
by South Africa's Minister of Safety and Security, Charles 
Nqakula.  The full text of the agreement is to be available 
September 8.  END SUMMARY 
 
Last-minute negotiations delay ceremony 
--------------------------------------- 
2. (U)  The ceasefire signing ceremony, scheduled to begin at 
1100 local time, commenced at 1630 local time due to 
continuing negotiations.  At noon local time Poloff asked 
Aloys Mbonayo, Burundi's Ambassador to Tanzania, if an 
agreement would be reached today and he replied the outcome 
of the talks still hung in the balance.  He said that there 
was a tri-partite pre-summit underway involving Burundi, 
Tanzania and South Africa, which was to be followed by a 
meeting of all summit attendees.  He added that two sets of 
issues were being discussed: those between the Government of 
Burundi (GOB) and the FNL, and issues internal to Burundi, 
such as the recent resignation of Vice President Alice 
Nzomukunda. 
 
3. (U) At 1430 local time invited guests were admitted into 
the room where the signing ceremony was to take place and 
officials drifted in and out for about an hour.  A stack of 
papers was brought to the signing table then removed and news 
circulated that the parties were discussing a single word on 
which they had not yet agreed.  At 1630, all parties involved 
in the summit entered and the program of events was announced 
by an official from Tanzania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
 
The Players... 
-------------- 
4. (U) Present at the dais were: 
 
Kenya's Foreign Minister, Raphael Tuju; 
Zambia's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Dr. S.G. 
Mwale; 
Rwanda's Prime Minister, Bernard Makuza; 
South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki; 
South Africa's Minister of Safety and Security, Charles 
Nqakula; 
Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni; 
Tanzania's President, Jakaya Kikwete; 
Burundi's President, Pierre Nkurunziza; 
Palipehutu-FNL's Chairperson, Agathon Rwasa; 
African Union Commission's Deputy Chairperson, Patrick 
Mazimhaka; and 
United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative, 
Nureldin Satti. 
 
...and what they had to say 
--------------------------- 
5. (U)  The ceremony began with a series of brief speeches. 
President Kikwete noted that the conflict in Burundi created 
one of the largest number of refugees on the continent and an 
equal number of internally displaced persons.  President 
Mbeki added that the continent of Africa had felt the pain of 
suffering which had gone on for too long and said to 
Nkurunziza and Rwasa "thank you for what you are about to 
do."  Several speakers paid respect to African leaders who 
had been involved in the Burundi peace process, begun in 
1995, specifically Julius Nyerere, Nelson Mandela and 
Benjamin Mkapa. 
 
6. (U)  As chairperson of the summit, Museveni spoke at 
several points during the ceremony.  In his initial address, 
he likened the problems of Burundi to those of Rwanda and 
Uganda, saying all had caste elements and noted that 
colonialism had "complicated" caste relations, leaving them 
dangerously antagonistic.  Museveni said he was glad that the 
FNL had now come into the process and that the GOB had been 
flexible.  Museveni emphasized that partnership on three 
levels--national parties, region and international 
community--is what can, and ultimately did, bring results. 
After the signing ceremony and with a tone of fatherly 
advice, Museveni said: "We must get in the habit of the vote. 
 You vote one out, another one in--it's very simple."  In 
closing the ceremony, he articulated what other speakers had 
alluded to:  hope that this will be the last summit on 
Burundi. 
 
Burundi leaders from both sides look forward 
-------------------------------------------- 
7. (U)  Speaking in French, Burundi's President Nkurunziza 
thanked Burundi's African partners and said the agreement 
opened a new world for his country and will permit the people 
of Burundi to live together.  Nkurunziza said the agreement 
signals the FNL's nobility and determination, referred to the 
FNL as "chers compatriots" and said now Burundi's problems 
are "our problems."  Chairperson Rwasa said the agreement 
demanded a lot of energy and sacrifice and cautioned that 
this was only the beginning.  Rwasa said such an agreement 
could have been signed 25 years ago if the Burundi people had 
had a drive for peace and a national pacifist spirit.  Noting 
that Burundi has a lot to learn about democracy, several 
times Rwasa asked for the international community to continue 
to contribute and assist Burundi, and not to hesitate to give 
advice so that the Burundi people can advance in democracy 
and in human rights. 
 
Press Statement 
--------------- 
8. (U)  A press release left at the signing ceremony states 
that the Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement seeks to: 
 
(a) Guarantee cessation of all hostilities, armed or 
otherwise, including malicious public statements from both 
sides within 72 hours following the signing of the agreement; 
 
(b) Unveil a program for the repatriation of the FNL 
leadership in the Great Lakes region and in the Diaspora 
including their protection while in transit and static 
protection in Burundi; and 
 
(c) Disarm FNL combatants and transport them to 
U.N.-supervised cantonment areas. 
 
COMMENTS:  Mood and VP vacancy 
------------------------------ 
9. (SBU)  Nkurunziza and Rwasa exhibited a stoic resolve 
during the two-hour ceremony, looking straight ahead or 
gazing down with arms crossed and barely looking at each 
other.  The mood of the summit's opoQacc{vkQcl?efQ-vQ