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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA200, FRF - security concerns, but high hopes for international

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA200 2008-02-27 11:29 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO8378
OO RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0200/01 0581129
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 271129Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7592
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000200 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
SUBJECT: FRF - security concerns, but high hopes for international 
facilitation of Goma process 
 
REF:  Kinshasa 186 
 
1.  Summary.  International facilitators met FRF leadership February 
26 in South Kivu's High Plains.  FRF complained about FARDC 
harassment of civilians and demanded investigation of FARDC human 
rights abuses.  They asked MONUC to deploy in several villages, 
agreed to detail a FRF liaison officer to the South Kivu Brigade 
Commander's office in Bukavu and agreed in principle to submit names 
for the Technical Commission.  Like other armed groups, they have 
high expectations of MONUC and other facilitators:  to provide 
security, protect the population, help rebuild trust between the 
parties, and convince the government to consult with others before 
issuing a second decree.  End Summary. 
 
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In the middle of nowhere 
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2. (SBU) International facilitators (MONUC, U.S., EU, Belgium) and 
leaders of the Banyamulenge dissident group FRF held a productive 
90-minute meeting February 26 in Kanambo, an isolated village in the 
mountains east of Minembwe about an hour by helicopter from Bukavu. 
MONUC's South Kivu Brigade Commander General Salawat and SRSG Chief 
of Staff John Almstrom headed the international delegation.  Its two 
principal leaders, Colonel Venant Bisogo (president) and General 
(formerly Major) Michel Rukunda (chief of staff), headed the FRF 
group; political secretary Zebede Gasore acted as chief spokesman. 
 
 
3. (SBU) The MONUC helicopter transporting the international group 
landed on a small plateau jointly guarded by heavily-armed MONUC 
peacekeepers and FRF fighters.  The isolation of these small 
villages and the difficulty in deploying troops there was 
immediately apparent:  there were no roads, merely well-traveled 
paths circling and running over the mountains. 
 
4. (SBU) The group met sitting in a circle on the grass near the 
landing site.  Bisogo, dressed in an ill-fitting suit and a black 
suede cowboy hat, delivered an opening statement in Swahili, but 
quickly handed speaking duties to Gasore.  Gasore presented FRF 
concerns, at times consulting his delegation of a dozen or so 
members largely composed of soldiers in black rubber boots sporting 
a variety of uniforms (FARDC, FAC, possibly GSSP and a mishmash of 
others), equipped with radios and both light and heavy machine guns. 
 
 
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FRF concerns 
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5. (SBU) Gasore, speaking intently and referring to notes and a copy 
of the Acte d'Engagement, which he referred to as his "Bible," 
expressed concerns in three areas:  the presidential "Amani" decree, 
continued lack of security and FARDC human rights violations. 
 
6. (SBU) Gasore cited FRF unhappiness that the decree limited 
Steering Committee membership to the government.  He complained that 
the government "wants to steer everything."  The FRF had expected a 
Committee that included the other signatories to the Acte, i.e. 
civil society and international facilitators.  "How can we be 
guided," he asked, "by a government with which we have so many 
problems?"  He insisted the government "should take things 
seriously," and not issue a second decree without consulting with 
the other signatories. 
 
7. (SBU) Gasore's second concern was security.  The recent incident 
at the brassage center in Kamina (reftel) was "an example" of what 
the FRF stressed during the Kivus conference:  there were 
"extremists in the government and FARDC."  FRF was ready to start 
the integration process, but could not accept brassage under current 
conditions.   He said it needed security guarantees -- specifically, 
amnesty -- because the government "doesn't live up to its 
commitments." 
 
8. (SBU) Finally, Gasore called on MONUC to deploy forces to 
Moramvia and Minembwe, where he said FARDC soldiers had committed 
serious human rights abuses.  MONUC deployment was FRF's clear 
preference, although as alternatives Gasore proposed reducing FARDC 
numbers in the area, or deploying Congolese police in place of the 
army. 
 
9. (SBU) Salawat urged FRF to provide specifics about alleged 
abuses, and agreed to look into further MONUC deployment on the High 
Plains.  He cautioned that the Brigade could not be stretched too 
 
KINSHASA 00000200  002 OF 002 
 
 
thin and had to reserve troops for more serious needs (i.e., the 
FDLR).  FRF agreed to Salawat's suggestion to detail a 
representative to Bukavu as liaison with the South Kivu Brigade, and 
committed to having that person picked up by MONUC helicopters 
February 29. 
 
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Technical Commission members 
--------------------------- 
 
10. (SBU) International faciltators pressed FRF to provide  a list 
of its nomnations for the Technical Commission.  Gasore argud that 
it should not do so in light of the arbitrry and unhelpful Amani 
decree.  Facilitators wer firm that if the FRF wanted to move 
forward thee should be no preconditions.  The FRF agreed inprinciple to provide a list, but left unresolved wether it would do 
so without having first seen th draft of a follow-up decree. 
 
11. (SBU) The meeing was hastily concluded due the need for the 
hlicopter to leave the High Plains before the arrivl of an 
incoming storm. 
 
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Comment 
------ 
 
11. (SBU)  Like other armed groups which sgned the Acte, the FRF 
foresees an extremely actve role for MONUC and other international 
faciliators:  to provide security, protect the populatio, and work 
on building trust between parties tha are afraid of each other.  A 
second decree issue by the government without consultation with 
thee groups could further block an already difficult rocess.  End 
comment 
 
CLOUD