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### Viewing cable 09PARIS504, DRC/ROC/NIGER: FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S READOUT OF

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 000504

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2019
    TAGS: PREL FR CG CF NG XA
    SUBJECT: DRC/ROC/NIGER: FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S READOUT OF
    SARKOZY'S MARCH 26-27 VISITS

    REF: A. PARIS 399
    ¶B. KINSHASA 291
    ¶C. BRAZZAVILLE 101
    ¶D. NIAMEY 234
    ¶E. 08 PARIS 1501
    ¶F. 08 PARIS 1568
    ¶G. 08 PARIS 1698

    Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Kathleen Allegrone, 1.4 (b/
    d).

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's March 26-27 visits to
    the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo
    (ROC), and Niger were intended to promote democratic
    principles, shared business interests, and, more generally,
    Sarkozy's policy of moving away from the "France-Afrique"
    model of managing relations to a more modern one based on
    partnership, according to Presidential Deputy Diplomatic
    Advisor Bruno Joubert on April 3. Joubert said that Sarkozy
    had accomplished what he had set out to do and that the
    Africans with whom he met better understood French policy
    toward the region and where Sarkozy wants to take relations,
    even if they were not completely comfortable with the new
    paradigm. On the DRC and Rwanda, Joubert explained that
    France wanted to promote cooperation between the two and
    suggested starting with a number of small economic and
    development projects that would show quick results and
    encourage further cooperation. Joubert said that he planned
    to travel to the U.S. during the April 14-15 period and hoped
    to meet with officials at the Department (AF A/S-Designate
    Carson), NSC (AF Senior Director Gavin), and USUN (PermRep
    Rice). END SUMMARY.

    XXXXXXXXXXXX

    France-Afrique
    --------------

    ¶4. (C) Rather than provide a narrative of Sarkozy's visit,
    Joubert placed it within the context of France's evolving
    Africa policy and its movement, under Sarkozy, away from the
    classic colonial and post-colonial "France-Afrique" model and
    towards a more modern relationship based on shared interests
    and a partnership among equals (ref E-G). He said that the
    visit, most notably as expressed in Sarkozy's speech before
    the DRC parliament, was an extension of remarks that Sarkozy
    had made in Cape Town in February 2008 on the need for
    rational relationships free of the baggage of the past.
    Joubert said that the new policy faced several challenges,
    one of which he described as a predilection on the part of
    the French public and press to view relations with Africa as
    inherently "corrupt, sordid, and scandal-ridden." The public
    and press often looked at Africa only from this angle. One
    of Sarkozy's aims was to carry out a visit crisply,
    efficiently, and transparently. He wanted to show that
    France could deal with its African partners as
    straightforwardly as it dealt with its other partners, and
    Joubert deemed this aspect of the visit a success, even if
    its briskness and openness left the press, critics, and some
    Africans a bit perplexed.

    ¶5. (C) Always seeking to put a negative light on relations,
    some observers, while claiming to condemn "France-Afrique,"
    at the same time accused Sarkozy of trying to "rupture"
    French relations with Africa. Joubert said that neither
    Sarkozy nor anyone else speaking officially for France had
    ever used the term "rupture." The move away from
    "France-Afrique" was instead a "turning of a page" and a
    shift in direction towards a more modern and balanced
    relationship.

    ¶6. (C) Thus partnership was an underlying theme of the

    PARIS 00000504 002 OF 002

    visit. In Niger, for example, where French
    extractive-industry giant AREVA and its activities were a
    central element of the visit, Sarkozy stressed not only the
    mutual benefits derived from AREVA's uranium operations but
    also the other positive aspects of AREVA's presence in terms
    of improved roads and infrastructure for the common good.
    The same was true for AREVA's activities in the DRC.

    ¶7. (C) Another theme was democracy and good governance,
    with Joubert noting that France was unfairly accused of only
    supporting "old regimes." Sarkozy's speeches in the DRC and
    ROC stressed the need for both countries to adhere to
    democratic principles and that these principles were not
    something applicable only in the West. Joubert said that
    Sarkozy's stop in Brazzaville had to be managed "delicately."
    As also noted ref C, Sarkozy did not want to appear to be
    campaigning for President Sassou Nguesso regarding elections
    later in 2009, and Joubert pointed out that Sarkozy met with
    opposition figures to underscore that point.

    ¶8. (C) Asked how the press and Africans viewed the visit,
    Joubert said that the press response was muted, in part
    because the visit did not take place according to press
    preconceptions. Joubert indicated that this was a positive
    development insofar as the press was forced to think about
    the visit. Joubert said that African leaders seemed to
    understand what Sarkozy's approach represented in terms of
    transparent, straightforward dealings, although they may not
    have been completely comfortable with it. Speaking quite
    candidly, Joubert said that "you have to understand, many of
    these leaders, such as Sassou Nguesso, have grown up with
    'France-Afrique.' When they used to meet with Chirac, it was
    all backslapping, jokes, long leisurely meals, and plenty of
    anecdotes about the old days, when they and Chirac were
    younger and coming up together. Sarkozy isn't like that at
    all; it takes some getting used to for some of them. There
    were a few comments about why Sarkozy didn't at least spend
    the night at each of his stops. They are beginning to see
    that Sarkozy is not here to carry on the old backslapping
    ways."

    DRC-Rwanda
    ----------

    ¶9. XXXXXXXXXXXX

    PEKALA

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