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08ABIDJAN97 2008-02-08 14:35 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Abidjan
VZCZCXRO3214
PP RUEHPA
DE RUEHAB #0097/01 0391435
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 081435Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3991
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEPGDA/USEUCOM JIC VAIHINGEN GE
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 ABIDJAN 000097 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USTR C.HAMILTON 
STATE FOR AF/EPS E.REPKO, EEB K.DIZOGLIO 
TREASURY FOR R.HALL, D.PETERS 
USAID FOR C.GARRETT, S.SWIFT 
DAKAR FOR FAS R.HANSON, FCS S.MORRISON 
ACCRA FOR USAID P.RICHARDSON, K.MCCOWAN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2018 
TAGS: ECON EFIN IDA IMF PGOV PREF USTR EITI IV
SUBJECT: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ON ENGAGEMENT WITH 
GOVERNMENT, HQ RETURN TO ABIDJAN, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 
 
REF: A. ABIDJAN 63 
 
     B. ABIDJAN 61 
     C. ABIDJAN 51 
 
Classified By: Pol/Econ Section Chief Silvia Eiriz,  Reasons 1.4 (b,d) 
 
1.  (C)  Summary.  African Development Bank (AfDB) Official 
Representative to Cote d'Ivoire Ngardinga Sangbe discussed 
with Embassy officials Cote d'Ivoire's recently passed 2008 
budget, the country's arrears with the AfDB and the HIPC 
process, expressing confidence that arrears can be settled, 
but disappointment in elements of the budget.  Sangbe 
believes Cote d'Ivoire will not reach a HIPC decision point 
until the end of 2008.  End Summary. 
 
 
AfDB Representative Discusses Engagement with Government on 
Arrears Clearance, HIPC Process 
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2.  (C)  AfDB Official Representative to Cote d'Ivoire 
Ngardinga SANGBE met with DCM and Econoff on January 30 at 
AfDB's Abidjan headquarters.  On the problem of Cote 
d'Ivoire's arrears to the AfDB, Sangbe noted that the overall 
level is very high (he did not know the precise figure, but 
recent documents from the AfDB indicate it stands at over USD 
550 million), and said that Cote d'Ivoire is similarly 
indebted to the World Bank and to France bilaterally.  Sangbe 
said that normal AfDB treatment of arrears clearances for 
countries emerging from conflict is for one third to be paid 
by the country, one third by a consortium of willing donors, 
and one third by the Bank's post-conflict facility. 
According to Sangbe, the Bank's Board of Governors is in the 
midst of adopting a new policy under which the Bank itself 
would pay two thirds, obviating the need to cajole donors 
into special separae contributions.  If adopted soon, the 
new policywould apply to the Ivoirian arrears. 
 
3.  (C)  Sngbe was well aware of the Ivoirian Finance 
Minitry's challenge of coming up with USD 150-160 to py its 
arrears to the World Bank (reftel b), but aid that the 
process to negotiate the settlement f the AfDB arrears is 
"on a separate track."  Sagbe said the AfDB has "more 
flexibility," and noed that the Ministry of Finance has, 
since April2007, paid sufficiently to keep the arrears frommounting, showing good faith and a willingness to egage 
seriously on the issue.  The arrears clearace deadline will 
probably be in April, 2008, butis not yet fixed and will be 
the subject of "intnse" upcoming negotiations.  The AfDB 
arrears clarance package will not/not be contingent on 
clearing up the World Bank arrears, according to Sangbe 
 
4.  (C)  Sangbe said that the AfDB's USD 30 milion post 
conflict assistance package offered inmid-2007 has not yet 
been accessed by the governent, due to problems with the 
Prime Minister's management of the dossier (reftel). 
Specifically, te officers named by PM Soro to manage the 
accouns were not accepted by key Ministers, requiring 
ime-consuming negotiations.  The conditions posed y the 
AfDB and the recalcitrant ministers have now all been met, 
and the package now awaits signature by President Gbagbo, but 
a signing ceremony must be scheduled.  The package targets 
youth training and employment (implementing partner is 
UNFPA), rehabilitation of the country's health infrastructure 
(UNICEF), and aiding the rehabilitation of the agricultural 
sector (FAO).  The package specifically avoids involvement in 
disarmament, and will not/not be part of any 
UNDP-administered "basket fund." 
 
5.  (C)  Sangbe said that Cote d'Ivoire could realistically 
reach a Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) decision point in 
late 2008, and that a AfDB mission would be coming to Abidjan 
in mid-February to assess the country's readiness and the 
status of its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) 
development process (reftel b).  The Bank has provided the 
government some modest assistance in developing its PRSP 
workplan. 
 
AfDB's Return to Abidjan - Maybe in a Year and a Half? 
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6.  (C)  Sangbe said that the AfDB's Board of Governors would 
base its decision primarily on the stability of the country's 
peace.  In that context, successful elections would be a 
 
ABIDJAN 00000097  002 OF 003 
 
 
prerequisite.  Sangbe noted that every six months, the Bank 
staff present a report on the conditions related to the 
Bank's headquarters to the Board of Governors, and that the 
next report should be submitted in April and considered in 
May during a Maputo Governors Committee Meeting.  Sangbe said 
that if the Governors decide to approve a return of the Bank 
staff to Abidjan, preparations would take a year before 
actual movement.  While Sangbe did not reveal the probable 
recommendation in the staff's April report, his tone 
indicated it would be likely that the report would indeed 
recommend return of the AfDB's headquarters from Tunis to 
Abidjan.  If the Governors agree, the return would likely not 
happen before mid-2009. 
 
Political Tour d'Horizon - Budget, Disarmament, 
Identification 
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7.  (C)  Sangbe expressed disappointment with the 
government's management of its program to end the political 
crisis.  He said that the 2008 budget (reftel b) did not 
specify line items for SAGEM's management of the 
identification program, nor provide a budget for items like 
elections monitoring teams, transportation of ballots and 
other logistics.  Sangbe noted that when confronted with the 
uncertain, if not chaotic, state of affairs, the government 
reflexively blames the international community for failure to 
provide sufficient resources.  Addressing the revenue side, 
Sangbe said that the government's lack of transparency in 
managing oil receipts was egregious, asking "where is the 
money going?" 
 
8.  (C)  Sangbe said that the recent Disarmament, 
Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program was incomplete 
at best, given the failure to collect arms (reftel a).  The 
government's armed forces are reportedly grouped in their 
barracks, but retain all their weapons, while the Forces 
Nouvelles haven't even taken that step.  Forces Nouvelles 
Zone Commanders maintain effective authority in their 
regions, denying the country's redeployed prefects actual 
political authority.  Real political reintegration, according 
to Sangbe, is a fiction.  Sangbe said both sides, along with 
their irregular militia allies, retain substantial arsenals, 
which can lead to flare-ups of violence at any time.  Sangbe 
said the situation in Bouake (in which the Forces Nouvelles 
apparently rounded up persons suspected of supporting exiled 
rebellion mastermind Ibrahim Coulibaly , and, according to 
some reports, summarily executed a number in late December) 
is worrisome, and said that a repeat of the June 29 attack on 
the Prime Minister's life (or something similar) could be 
disastrous.  He also worried that a botched election could 
lead to a resumption of hostilities. 
 
9.  (C)  Sangbe was skeptical at the pace and results to date 
of the first phase of the national identification process 
(the audiences foraines, which provides birth documentation 
for individuals over 13 who have never been registered in 
preparation for the second phase of the process, in which 
national identity and voting rights will be determined).  The 
AfDB representative said that the numbers processed by the 
audiences foraines so far (101,192 as of December 26 
according to the Prime Minister's office) was inadequate. 
Too many audiences foraines administrative teams are not 
actually functioning in the field, according to Sangbe 
(reftel c). 
 
10.  (C)  Sangbe said UNOCI should better coordinate the 
international community, and that discussions among major 
international players, at a sufficiently high enough level, 
ought to take place more regularly to coordinate strategy. 
 
AfDB Asks USG to Consider Limited Lifting of Arms Embargo to 
Protect Elections 
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11.  (C)  Sangbe asked the DCM about the USG perspective on 
the government of Cote d'Ivoire's request to lift the arms 
embargo (also made by Ouagadougou Political Agreement 
Facilitator, Burkina Faso President Compaore).  Sangbe said 
that a careful, targeted lifting of the embargo could be 
useful to help safeguard the elections process by arming 
those designated to ensure its integrity.  DCM noted that 
neither the Ivorian government nor the Facilitator had made 
the sort of precise, targeted request to lift the arms 
 
ABIDJAN 00000097  003 OF 003 
 
 
embargo for the purposes of supporting the elections or other 
aspects of the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political 
Agreement.  The DCM told Sangbe that she would inform 
Washington of the AfDB's interest in the matter. 
 
 
12.  (C)  Comment.  Sangbe's comments on the fiscal and 
economic situation largely mirror those of his counterparts 
in the IMF and World Bank, as well as the larger diplomatic 
community.  The AfDB seems to be somewhat more tolerant of 
the Prime Minister's fiscal ineptitude, while remaining fully 
aware of larger fiscal shortcomings of the government as a 
whole.  The AfDB's disappointment and preoccupation with 
progress in the political situation was evident, and seemed 
to inform the desire to see stronger coordination among major 
international players.  End Comment. 
NESBITT