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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA318, CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN

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07KINSHASA318 2007-03-16 09:42 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO7370
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0318/01 0750942
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 160942Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5795
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK PRIORITY
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000318 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PBTS MOPS CG AG
SUBJECT: CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN 
ANGOLA 
 
REF: KINSHASA 290 
 
1. (SBU)  Summary:  The DRC and Angola commissioned a 
technical team to clarify their common border following 
high-level consultations March 13 in Kinshasa.  The team is 
charged with locating the 112 colonial-era border monuments 
and laying groundwork for joint control of the frontier.  The 
delegations reviewed evidence which appeared to indicate that 
a disputed site in or near the Congolese territory of Kahemba 
is in fact part of Angola.  The Congolese interior minister, 
who first raised questions about Angolan "incursion" into the 
area, said to general consternation that it is "well and 
truly" within Angola's borders.  End summary. 
 
2.  (U) The DRC and Angola agreed to establish a bilateral 
technical team to define and lay the groundwork for control 
of their joint border following a high-level meeting March 13 
in Kinshasa.  The meeting was called to address a territorial 
dispute at the intersection of their respective provinces of 
Bandundu and Lunda-Norte (ref A).  Congolese Foreign Minister 
Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi and Angolan Foreign Minister Joao 
Bernardo de Miranda made the announcement following a meeting 
of several hours in a joint statement which called for the 
team to begin its work "immediately." 
 
3.  (U) The statement noted that the technical team would 
determine the location of 112 border monuments erected by 
colonial-era surveyors and pave the way for establishing 
joint patrols along the frontier.  It stated the two 
governments' common understanding that there had been no 
change in the border, and noted that they would also 
reactivate a joint commission on defense and security issues. 
 Miranda said following the meeting that the dispute was in 
fact a "regrettable misunderstanding." 
 
4.  (SBU) The main focus of the meeting was a review of the 
report of the March 2-5 joint mission to the disputed site in 
or near the Congolese territory of Kahemba in the southwest 
province of Bandundu.  The report, a copy of which has been 
obtained by the embassy, includes GPS readings that support 
the Angolan claim that a 1972 private survey marker -- and 
not a 19th century geographic monument -- delimits the 
frontier.  The delegations also reviewed other technical data 
compiled separately by experts on both sides.  Members 
included Congolese Interior Minister Denis Kalume and 
Regional Integration Minister Gata Mavinga, and Angolan 
Interior Minister Roberto Leao Ramos Monteiro, army chief of 
staff General Francisco Furtado, and the heads of the Angolan 
national police, military intelligence and border police 
agencies. 
 
5.  (SBU) Press reports from both Kinshasa and Luanda suggest 
the initiative to stand up the border team and security 
commission came from Miranda.  He and other members of the 
Angolan delegation were received later in the day by 
President Kabila.  The official Angolan Press Agency reported 
that Miranda carried a letter from dos Santos to Kabila 
stating Angola's commitment to reinforcing the bilateral 
relationship.  An internal MONUC analysis dated March 7 
stated that dos Santos had invited Kabila to Luanda to 
discuss the issue.  The delegation returned to Luanda that 
evening. 
 
6.  (U) Kalume, who had first raised the issue of a foreign 
"incursion" into Congolese territory last month, announced 
after the meeting that the disputed area is in fact "well and 
truly" Angolan  He also said that Congolese living there had 
mirated illegally; this had been the Angolan positio all 
along.  This information has been received ith consternation 
and outrage by the Kinshasa press, which has been full of 
nationalistic sloganeering for more than a week.  However, it 
reflects the same general message as a column signed by the 
publisher of the pro-Kabila daily "l'Avenir" the day before. 
 
7.  (U) Kalume told the Voice of America March 13 that he 
planned to depart Kinshasa March 14 for Kahemba.  The 
government press agency announced that the mission would 
include government experts, National Assembly deputies and 
reporters.  No information was available regarding the travel 
of the technical team. 
 
8.  (SBU) Comment:  The creation of a technical team is 
clearly a face-saving measure, as the Congolese have 
acknowledged they were in error on the border demarcation 
issue.  End comment. 
 
KINSHASA 00000318  002 OF 002 
 
 
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