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Viewing cable 07NAIROBI4749, INAUGURAL MEETING OF FRIENDS OF AU EASBRIG FORUM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07NAIROBI4749 2007-12-14 08:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #4749/01 3480818
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 140818Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3871
INFO RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 9735
RUEHDJ/AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI 4954
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 2446
UNCLAS NAIROBI 004749 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ADDIS ABABA FOR AU AMBASSADOR COURVILLE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL KE XW
SUBJECT: INAUGURAL MEETING OF FRIENDS OF AU EASBRIG FORUM 
 
1.  (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE.  ACTION REQUEST AT PARA 7. 
 
2. (U) SUMMARY:  AT THE INVITATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION'S 
EASTERN AFRICA STANDBY BRIGADE COORDINATION MECHANISM 
(EASBRICOM), CURRENT AND POTENTIAL DONORS MET IN NAIROBI ON 
DECEMBER 10 TO DISCUSS EASBRIG'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE TERMS 
OF REFERENCE FOR THE NEW "FRIENDS OF EASBRIG" FORUM.  EMBASSY 
NAIROBI DCM SLUTZ AND ASSISTANT ARMY ATTACHE BUCHHOLZ 
ATTENDED, JOINED BY CJTF-HOA COMMANDER ADMIRAL HART AND POLAD 
NEWTON. UGANDA DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE 
EASBRIG COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RUTH NAKABIRWA DELIVERED OPENING 
REMARKS TO URGE DONOR BUY-IN AND ASSISTANCE, FOLLOWED BY A 
BRIEFING FROM EASBRICOM DIRECTOR (UGANDA) SIMON MULONGO ON 
THE STRATEGIC PLAN'S OBJECTIVES AND TIMELINE.  THE UK, ACTING 
AS THE CHAIR FOR THE FRIENDS, CO-CHAIRED THE MEETING WITH 
EASBRIGCOM. IN SHORT, AU-EASBRICOM PLANS TO STAND UP AN 
"INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY OF A TRAINED FORCE OF BRIGADE 
SIZE ON STANDBY AND MAINTAINED IN MEMBER STATES TO THE 
REQUIRED READINESS LEVELS BY THE END OF 2010." TO ACHIEVE 
THIS, EASBRICOM SEEKS ASSISTANCE FROM DONORS, AND MULONGO'S 
BRIEFING OUTLINED SPECIFIC AREAS FOR DONOR CONSIDERATION. 
SEVERAL FRIENDS/DONORS AROUND THE TABLE (NOTABLY THE UK, 
CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, AND NORWAY ON BEHALF OF THE NORDIC 
BATTLE GROUP) NOTED CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANS TO ASSIST 
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PLAN.  MOST DONORS/FRIENDS, INCLUDING 
THE U.S., ASKED QUESTIONS, INDICATED INTEREST, BUT MADE NO 
SPECIFIC COMMITMENT. U.S. PARTICIPANTS NOTED THAT CURRENT USG 
LAW PROHIBITS SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO MULTI-LATERAL, REGIONAL 
SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS BUT THAT WASHINGTON WAS EXPLORING 
LEGAL AUTHORITIES THAT WOULD PERMIT ASSISTANCE TO 
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EASBRICOM.  PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED THE 
DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE FRIENDS OF EASBRIG FORUM AND 
COMMITTED TO SEEKING HOME OFFICE APPROVAL.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) ON DECEMBER 10, REPRESENTATIVES OF NAIROBI-BASED 
MISSIONS OF CANADA, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, THE 
NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, THE UK, U.S., SOUTH 
AFRICA, AND THE EU; CJTF-HOA, THE GERMAN ASSISTANCE 
ORGANIZATION GTZ, THE FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG, AND THE 
(SOUTH AFRICAN) INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES ATTENDED A 
BRIEFING AND TOUR OF THE EAST AFRICAN STANDY BRIGADE COMMAND 
IN KAREN/NAIROBI, KENYA. (NOTE:  JAPAN WAS INVITED BUT DID 
NOT ATTEND.)  THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO INTRODUCE 
EASBRICOM AND ITS STRATEGIC PLAN TO CURRENT AND POTENTIAL 
DONOR PARTNERS.  UGANDA DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHAIRPERSON OF 
THE EASBRIG COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY) 
RUTH NAKABIRWA, WHO CAME TO NAIROBI SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS 
THE FORUM, DESCRIBED THE OVERALL AFRICAN UNION VISION AND 
MISSION:  TO CONTRIBUTE TO REGIONAL AND CONTINENTAL PEACE 
THROUGH A REGIONAL CONFLICT PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND 
RESOLUTION CAPABILITY ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO CRISIS 
ANY WHERE ON THE CONTINENT."  SHE NOTED THAT BY JUNE 2008, 
THE NECESSARY POLITICAL DECISION MAKING STRUCTURES THAT CAN 
AUTHORIZE, MANDATE AND OVERSEE THE EMPLOYMENT OF REGIONAL 
CAPABILITY SHOULD BE IN PLACE.  (NOTE: THE NEXT MAJOR STEP IN 
ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WILL BE THE JANUARY 2008 
MEETING OF CHIEFS OF DEFENSE STAFFS IN COMOROS.) 
 
3.  (U) EASBRICOM DIRECTOR SIMON MULONGO DESCRIBED IN GREATER 
DETAIL THE OBJECTIVES OF EASBRIG, FORMALLY AUTHORIZED AND 
ESTABLISHED IN 2005.  THE EASBRIG COORDINATION MECHANISM 
(EASBRIGCOM) WAS OPERATIONALIZED IN MARCH 2007 TO SERVE AS 
THE SECRETARIAT OF EASBRIG. EASBRICOM AND THE EASBRIG 
PLANNING ELEMENT (PLANELM) ARE LOCATED IN NAIROBI. 
ENCOMPASSING THIRTEEN (13) COUNTRIES, EASBRIG IS ONE OF THE 
FIVE REGIONAL COMMANDS WITHIN THE AFRICAN UNION'S 
CONTINENT-WIDE AFRICA STANDBY FORCE (ASF) CAPABILTY THAT IS 
ENVISIONED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY 2015. THIS CAPABILITY WILL 
CONSIST OF NOT ONLY MILITARY, BUT ALSO POLICE AND CIVILIAN 
COMPONENTS. THE AU'S ROADMAP ANTICIPATES A CONTINENTAL 
COMMAND POST EXERCISE IN LATE 2010 TO VALIDATE THIS 
CAPABILITY. IN ORDER TO MEET THIS ROADMAP, THE REGIONS WILL 
BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN VALIDATION PROCESS AND 
EASBRIG'S TARGET IS TO HAVE INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY BY 
THE END OF 2010. MULONGO OUTLINED IN SOME DETAIL THE SPECIFIC 
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE ITS 2010 TARGET; 
AMONG THE TOP PRIORITIES WERE DEVELOPING/TRAINING CIVILIAN 
AND POLICE CAPABILITY, ADMINISTRATION, LOGISTICS, AND 
COMMUNICATIONS. (COPIES OF THE EASF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT 
PLAN AND THE EASBRIG STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL BE 
POUCHED TO AF/RSA.) 
 
4.  (U) BOTH NAKABIRWA AND MULONGO WERE CLEAR ABOUT THE 
CHALLENGES FACING EASBRIG:  AN INCREASE IN REGIONAL INTERNAL 
CONFLICT; LACK OF FUNDING; SHORTFALL IN REGIONAL CONTRIBUTION 
TO THE FORCES; AND LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE POLITICAL, 
DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY REGIONAL COHESION. IN RESPONSE TO A 
QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION, 
NAKABIRWA NOTED THE SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS BUT ADMITTED 
THAT CONSIDERABLE DISTRUST REMAINED BETWEEN CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING 
MEASURES. ASKED ABOUT EASBRIG'S OVERLAP WITH IGAD, NAKABIRWA 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS SOME DUPLICATION BUT STRESSED 
THAT EASBRIG'S MEMBERSHIP IS LARGER (13 VERSUS 7) AND ITS 
MISSION VERY DIFFERENT. 
 
5.  (U)  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE 
FRIENDS/DONORS, SEVERAL COUNTRIES, NOTABLY THE UK, INDICATED 
THEY ARE ALREADY PROVIDING CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE.  OTHERS 
(THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN ON BEHALF OF THE NORDIC BATTLE 
GROUP, GERMANY/GTZ, CANADA, AND NORWAY) NOTED INTENTIONS TO 
CONTRIBUTE IN SOME CAPACITY.  (NOTE:  MULONGO CLAIMED THAT 
JAPAN HAS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST WITH POLICE 
TRAINING.)  NAIROBI DCM SLUTZ DESCRIBED U.S. BILATERAL 
SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO EASBRIG MEMBER STATES, INCLUDING A 
BATTLE SIMULATION CENTER TO THE KENYAN INTERNATIONAL PEACE 
SUPPORT TRAINING CENTER.  CJTF-HOA COMMANDER ADMIRAL HART 
NOTED THE ASSIGNMENT OF A LIAISON OFFICER TO THE BRITISH 
PEACE SUPPORT TRAINING CENTER TO ASSIST WITH PREPARATIONS FOR 
THE NOVEMBER 2008 COMMAND POST EXERCISE.  BOTH NOTED THAT 
LEGAL AUTHORITIES ARE REQUIRED -- AND UNDER CONSIDERATION IN 
WASHINGTON -- TO PERMIT SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO MULTI-LATERAL, 
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS EASBRIG. 
 
6. (U) THE UK CHAIR ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS INTRODUCED THE 
DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE FRIENDS FORUM. TWO ITEMS 
WERE FURTHER CLARIFIED:  THE CHAIR WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE 
FRIENDS AND WILL ROTATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.  (CANADA PROPOSED 
AND THE GROUP AGREED THAT THE UK SHOULD CHAIR FOR THE FIRST 
YEAR.)  THE FRIENDS WILL MEET WITH EASBRICOM IN A FORUM AT 
LEAST EVERY SIX MONTHS IN NAIROBI, WITH THE OPTION OF 
ROTATING THE VENUE AMONG OTHER MEMBER STATES.  WORKING GROUPS 
ON TECHNICAL ISSUES WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS DESIRED, IN 
NAIROBI. THE GROUP FELT THAT NAIROBI, BECAUSE IT HAS THE 
GREATEST NUMBER OF DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY MISSIONS 
REPRESENTING THE FRIENDS IN THE REGION, SHOULD BE THE MAIN 
VENUE FOR THE MEETINGS. 
 
7.  (U) PARTICIPATING MISSIONS WERE ASKED TO OBTAIN APPROVAL 
FOR THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE "FRIENDS OF EASBRIG" BY 
EARLY 2008. A COPY OF THE CURRENT DRAFT WILL BE FAXED TO 
AF/RSA. EMBASSY NAIROBI REQUESTS APPROVAL OF THE TERMS OF 
REFERENCE AS WELL AS GUIDANCE ON FUTURE U.S. ENGAGEMENT, 
INCLUDING SECURITY ASSISTANCE, WITH EASBRICOM. 
 
RANNEBERGER