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Viewing cable 07LUANDA104, DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN

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07LUANDA104 2007-02-02 11:04 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Luanda
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DE RUEHLU #0104/01 0331104
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 021104Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY LUANDA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3677
INFO RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
UNCLAS LUANDA 000104 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF FRONT OFFICE AND AF/S 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO
SUBJECT: DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN 
MINISTER: DISASTER RELIEF, VOTER REGISTRATION AND A TIFA 
 
REF: A. LUANDA 84 
     B. LUANDA 75 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol 
Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief 
assistance provided to Angola by the United States following 
the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of 
the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise.  Thompson reiterated USG interest 
in moving forward quickly on a Trade and Investment Framework 
Agreement, and the benefits this could bring to bilateral 
trade.  In addition, she noted the smooth voter registration 
process and discussed Angola,s possible willingness to join 
future international peacekeeping missions.  End Summary. 
 
2. (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Carol Thompson and 
Ambassador Cynthia Efird met with Vice Minister of External 
Relations, Jorge Chicoty, of the Angolan Ministry of External 
Relations (MIREX) on January 29, 2007, during DAS Thompson,s 
visit to Angola.  In addition to discussing bilateral issues 
Chicoty discussed at length the changing GRA views regarding 
Sudanese President Bashir,s candidacy for the Chairmanship 
of the African Union (AU) (reftel A).  Econoff accompanied 
DAS Thompson and Amb. Efird.  Chicoty was joined by 
America,s Director Balbina da Silva. 
 
U.S. Disaster Assistance 
------------------------ 
3.  (SBU) DAS Carol Thompson expressed U.S. concern over 
Angola,s loss of life and damage caused by recent flooding. 
Chicoty thanked the United States, commenting that President 
Dos Santos had noted that the U.S. was the first country to 
step forward and offer assistance and recalling that 
Ambassador Efird,s call was made while the rain was still 
falling.  Ambassador Efird mentioned that USD 70,000 in 
disaster relief money would be disbursed through CARE and 
used to provide chlorine for water treatment and other 
emergency supplies.  She said we were also hoping to secure 
U.S. military assistance through the visit of the USS 
Kauffman for those left homeless.  The Ambassador added that 
the U.S. offer of help comes as one friend to another. 
Chicoty said that at the initial meeting on the GRA,s 
emergency response, several Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) 
generals cited the successful MEDFLAG program of US-Angolan 
joint military in 2005 as having greatly strengthened their 
ability for emergency action response.  Note: The FAA has 
been praised in the television and print media, as well as by 
observers on the ground, for having been quick on the spot to 
provide logistical assistance to the hardest hit communities 
as they coped with flooding and mudslides.  End Note.  Amb. 
Efird told Vice Minister Chicoty that she would explore 
possible ways sailors on upcoming SS Kaufmann ship visit 
could also provide assistance with community action projects 
in connection with post-flood reconstruction. 
 
Voter Registration 
------------------ 
4. (SBU) Chicoty said that the registration process had been 
going smoothly but slowly, requiring an average of 20 minutes 
to register each voter.  Ambassador Efird described her visit 
to a voter registration station in Cuando Cubango Province 
the previous week.  One woman said at 4:00 p.m. that she had 
been waiting since 8:00 a.m. to register.  Chicoty explained 
that verifying the registrant,s identity and age accounts 
for most delays.  He added that the National Electoral 
Commission might need to add more registration stations in 
order to complete its work on schedule before the end of 
2007.  DAS Thompson asked whether the registration period 
might be extended and Chicoty replied that Angola,s 
political parties would have to make that decision. 
 
Trade Agreement (TIFA) with the United States 
--------------------------------------------- 
5.  (SBU) DAS Thompson expressed hope that Angola and the 
United States would soon sign a Trade and Investment 
Framework Agreement (TIFA) which would help stimulate and 
energize bilateral trade.  Describing Angola as a 
cutting-edge country, she noted that trade within the SADC 
will also be important to Angola.  She praised Angola,s 
investment in infrastructure rehabilitation, and hoped these 
improvements, and the TIFA, would attract yet more U.S. 
investment.  Thompson explained that the TIFA process would 
include visits from working groups to increase GRA capacity 
to manage trade-related issues.  Chicoty then turned to 
America,s Office Director Balbina de Silva to ask, in 
Portuguese, which internal MIREX approvals the TIFA still 
needed.  Balbina replied that MIREX,s legal department was 
studying the TIFA and that the TIFA needed &other 
clearances,8 without elaborating, before MIREX could pass 
the matter to the Council of Ministers.  Chicoty sounded 
 
doubtful that the TIFA would need further approvals beyond 
the legal department,s.  (Note:  Other than this aside, 
Chicoty conducted the entire meeting in English.  End note.) 
 
6. (SBU) Angola regards the United States as an important 
trading partner, Chicoty offered, citing its recent purchase 
of Boeing airplanes and adding that Angola will still need 
one additional Boeing 747.  Chicoty believes that Angola 
would prefer to buy many of the goods and services it needs 
from the United States and hoped a TIFA agreement would 
facilitate trade.  He regretted that there is still no U.S. 
bank operating in Angola.  Ambassador Efird agreed, while 
noting that Citibank maintains a representative office in 
Luanda and that the country was well served by Portuguese, 
South African and other international banks.  Chicoty hoped 
that with a TIFA, more American businesses would invest in 
Angola,s non-petroleum sectors. 
 
7. (SBU) Chicoty acknowledged that Angola,s laws governing 
business need reform in order to attract investment, but 
hoped American investment would speed Angola,s transition 
from a socialist to a market economy.  The GRA, he said, was 
beginning to understand that private enterprise could improve 
on the government,s current performance in many sectors, 
including the distribution grid that provides electricity 
from the Kapanda Dam.  However, privatization also demands a 
change in the people,s thinking.  Many Angolans have grown 
used to free electricity, stealing their power.  A private 
company would have to begin by teaching people to become 
customers.  Chicoty noted sadly that illegal power hook-ups 
accounted for several electrocutions during the recent 
flooding.  Chicoty also described his own small construction 
company,s trouble in getting commercial bank financing for 
its projects because gaining clear title to land is so 
difficult in Angola and &bigger fish8 get preferential 
treatment.  (Note:  In August 2006, the GRA issued 
implementing regulations for its 2004 Land Law.  The new 
regulations clarify titling procedures.  End note.) 
 
8.(SBU) Chicoty lamented that Angolans remain passive, 
especting to receive handouts, not wanting to work to feed 
themselves.  The Ambassador said she had visited projects 
that showed a different, hard-working side of Angolans.  She 
described a USAID-financed pilot project in Cuando Cubango 
Province that encourages municipal groups to manage and 
maintain a clean water pump system.  To keep their pump 
going, the residents decided they needed higher income from 
agriculture.  This decision led them to diversify into 
raising new crops and livestock, she continued.  Members of 
the cooperative also contribute one day a week to the common 
plot, and this project,s success makes it a potential model 
for agricultural development in the rest of Angola.  Chicoty 
said such a pilot should be replicated, including in his 
place of birth ) Huambo.  (N.B.  Chicoty,s family are 
traditional leaders in the Plan Alto.) 
 
Participation in Peacekeeping Mission 
---------------------------------------- 
9. (SBU) If there is an A.U. consensus to send troops, 
Chicoty said, Angola might participate in the command 
structure of a peacekeeping force in Somalia.  He continued 
that this work is important, but stressed that Angola wants 
good intelligence before it sends in any troops.  Now that 
Angola has been elected to the A.U. Peace and Security 
Council, it has a responsibility to uphold, he continued. 
Chicoty then reiterated reasons he had given previously for 
Angolan reluctance to take on peacekeeping missions:  concern 
that rules of engagement might not be clear and robust and 
Angolan troops could find themselves facing international 
charges of human rights violations.  Ambassador Efird 
proposed that if Angola decides to contribute troops to a 
peacekeeping force but finds itself short of equipment or 
supplies to conduct a peacekeeping mission, that it approach 
the United States.  Without promising assistance, she assured 
Chicoty that Angolan requests would get a hearing. 
 
10. (SBU) Comment.  Chicoty sees a definite advantage to 
Angola from a TIFA, however, his sidebar with his Americas 
Office Director suggests that the GRA bureaucracy is moving 
forward slowly and certainly on this agreement.  We 
understand from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade that an 
interagency group has yet to jointly review the TIFA text. 
The Angolan political is definitely in place to sign the TIFA 
but we will continue to &hand-hold8 the Angolan bureaucracy 
during the drafting process. The new Angolan willingness to 
consider sending its troops on peacekeeping missions seems to 
go with an enhanced sense of responsibility since joining the 
A.U. Peace and Security Council and assuming the Vice 
Chairmanship. 
 
 
11. (U) DAS Thompson has cleared this cable. 
EFIRD