VZCZCXRO2890
PP RUEHPA
DE RUEHDK #0985 1141704
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 241704Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAKAR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4931
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHKH/AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM 0026

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAKAR 000985 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/SPG, IO/PSC, AF/RSA AND AF/W 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016 
TAGS: PREL KPKO SG
SUBJECT: SUDAN: LEVERAGING MORE SENEGALESE TROOPS TOWARDS 
DARFUR 
 
REF: STATE 051778 (NOTAL) 
 
Classified By: DCM Robert P. Jackson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) When the Ambassador presented her credentials to 
President Abdoulaye Wade and to Senior Minister for Foreign 
Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, on April 14 and 7, 
respectively, they discussed Darfur.  When Director of West 
African Affairs Phillip Carter was in Dakar, March 26-29, we 
discussed Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff (CHOD) LTG 
P.K. Fall and with Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of 
Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).  On April 
21, DCM made reftel demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa 
Diallo, the Acting Foreign Minister.  The last three all 
noted Senegal,s plan to increase its presence in Darfur from 
538 to over 800. 
JACOBS