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06BRUSSELS2502 2006-07-18 05:37 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN Embassy Brussels
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 002502 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/UBI: EFALLS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/17/2016 
TAGS: EAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
SUBJECT: BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO 
SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN; TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ TO CONTINUE 
 
REF: A. BRUSSELS 2473 
     B. BRUSSELS 1070 
     C. BRUSSELS 454 
 
Classified By: ECONCOUNS TLROBL, REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D) 
 
1. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST:  During Ambassador's 
July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation 
and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were 
discussed:  Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming 
elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). 
The Minister outlined several proposals on Afghanistan 
including military aircraft support (a 
C-130 and possibly F-16s), sending civilians for a 
development component of a Provincial Reconstruction Team 
(PRT), and possibly naming Afghanistan as a priority country 
to receive direct bilateral aid.  Ambassador provided a note 
based on information from Embassy Kabul with suggestions of 
possible areas on which Belgian development assistance could 
focus.  (Note: subsequent to this meeting post heard from De 
Decker's chief of staff that only the military component of 
support for Afghanistan will realistically take effect this 
year; the proposed aid initiatives cannot be budgeted before 
2007.  Also, for domestic political reasons, Belgium will not 
be able to lead a PRT at this time, but will pursue a role in 
a German- or Swedish-led PRT.  End Note).  For Iraq, Belgium 
plans to continue already established training programs for 
Iraqi diplomats, police, and judges.  Regarding the Congo, De 
Decker expressed the belief that elections will proceed as 
scheduled and that Congolese President Kabila will be 
reelected.  De Decker mentioned briefly a visit to Nairobi he 
had made to meet the new Somali government.  Ambassador also 
corrected De Decker,s apparent misimpressions regarding the 
quality and quantity of U.S. assistance to the developing 
world.  Action request:  De Decker asked whether USAID is 
present in every PRT in Afghanistan.  Post requests 
Department prepare an answer for USDel to Budapest PRT 
conference to convey to Belgian del, with a copy to post. 
END SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. 
 
ATTENDEES 
--------- 
2. (SBU) Ambassador, EconCouns (acting DCM), and Econoff met 
with Minister Armand De Decker; Pierre Vaesen, his 
Chief of Staff; Michel Lastschenko, Special Envoy for the 
fight against AIDS; and Jonathon Biermann, a senior advisor, 
on July 13 in the Minister's office. 
 
BELGIAN MINISTER'S REPORT FROM RECENT VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN 
--------------------------------------------- ------------- 
3. (C/NF) In mid-June, De Decker and several advisors, 
including Biermann, visited Afghanistan with General James 
Jones (SHAPE Commander) and Louis Michel, the European 
Union's Minister for Development and Humanitarian Aid.  De 
Decker's view is that while NATO's role is "useful," more 
attention should be devoted to the role of development 
assistance.  De Decker stated that, "We cannot win against 
the Taliban only with a military presence.  We have to change 
the quality of life of the people to give them strength to 
fight the Taliban and to resist the urge to kick out the 
foreigners."  The Minister's view is that more must be done 
to strengthen local leadership.  According to De Decker, 
without a perceptible improvement in basic services, the 
Afghans will be tempted to look back to the Taliban, who are 
using narcotic money to invest in visible improvements, 
particularly in the provinces, which operate with little 
supervision from the Karzai government. 
 
4. (C/NF) De Decker stated that the international community 
"has lost time (in Afghanistan) as far as development is 
concerned."  He called for development aid to be organized 
and implemented "very, very quickly," beginning in the north 
where De Decker believes there is more chance of successful 
implementation.  Southern Afghanistan, according to the 
minister, has "many armed Taliban ready to fight" and, 
consequently, progress "will be more difficult there."  He 
also noted that several Afghan officials asked for increased 
help in controlling that country's borders. 
 
 
BELGIAN MINISTERS TO CONSIDER OPTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
5. (C/NF) De Decker told Ambassador that he would present 
several draft proposals to other Belgian federal ministers 
during an upcoming meeting of Council of Ministers (either 
July 14 or 20; July 21 is the Belgian National Day). 
However, De Decker was careful to explain that his proposals 
face resistance, notably from the Flemish socialists, whom he 
complained take an un-strategic view.  The Minister discussed 
the following with Ambassador: 
 
-Organizing a conference in Brussels (date TBD) to bring 
together "only multilateral organizations" such as the World 
Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and others 
to design coordinated development assistance strategies. 
 
-Speeding up the availability of a Belgian C-130 aircraft for 
use in Afghanistan.  Currently the plane is scheduled to 
arrive for service in Afghanistan in September, but De Decker 
said he is going to press for the C-130 to arrive in early 
August. 
 
-Sending some F-16s "like the Dutch". 
 
-Sending "development people," protected by soldiers, to work 
in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), possibly with the 
Swedes or the Germans.  (Belgian soldiers are already part of 
a German-led PRT in Konduz.). 
 
-Naming Afghanistan as a priority partner for Belgian 
assistance for one, two, or three years.  This would 
facilitate committing Belgian assistance funds and human 
resources to Afghanistan. 
 
6. (SBU) De Decker said eventually Belgium could consider 
joining the French and Turks in securing Kabul, but not 
before Belgian Federal elections next year.  De Decker also 
expressed the hope that Belgium could eventually lead a PRT, 
and noted that Luxembourg has already expressed interest in 
joining were that to become a reality. 
 
ANTI-POPPY CULTIVATION PROJECT UNDERWAY IN AFGHANISTAN 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
7. (SBU) De Decker confirmed that the anti-poppy cultivation 
project is underway in Afghanistan (ref B paras 
7-8).  After an initial fact-finding phase, the project has 
completed the second phase, which was a visit of various 
Afghan ministers to Thailand to see how a model program has 
worked there.  He cautioned that it required 18 years to get 
some success in Thailand.  According to De Decker, Afghan 
officials came up with proposals to substitute different 
crops for opium, and to develop food-processing industries to 
provide value added. 
 
FOLLOWUP ON AFGHANISTAN 
------------------------ 
8. (SBU) On Friday, July 14, EconCouns followed up with De 
Decker,s Chief of Staff Pierre Vaesen.  Vaesen said 
Afghanistan was discussed at some length at that day's 
Council of Ministers meeting, but nothing was definitively 
settled.  The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and 
Development Minister argued hard to get more for Afghanistan, 
making some headway.  A potential offer of 4 F-16s was 
discussed, as was speeding up the C-130 delivery to early 
August.  The last Council of Ministers before the summer 
break, to be held on the eve (July 20) of Belgium,s national 
day, should according to Vaesen firm up the military side of 
things.  In terms of Development Ministry resources, while 
they have committed in principle to 30 million Euros over a 
period of four years, the 7-8 million per year is not in the 
budget yet.  Vaesen noted the designation of Afghanistan as a 
priority country has yet to be proposed formally but will be 
July 20.  He expressed regret that a Belgium-owned PRT would 
not be possible in the current political climate, but 
promised he himself is working with the Germans, Swedes and 
others to determine where Belgian participation can have the 
best impact.  Vaesen also confirmed he will represent the GOB 
 
at the first day of the July 20-21 PRT Effectiveness 
conference in Budapest (ref A), before leaving for Asia on 
July 21.  Econoff will follow up with Jonathan Biermann after 
this week's Council of Ministers and report any additional 
significant developments. 
 
9. (SBU) Separately, on July 13, Jan Vermeir, attache 
responsible for food aid in the Belgian Federal Ministry of 
Cooperation and Development, reported to Econoff that Belgium 
has given "new money" totaling 500,000 euros to the World 
Food Program (WFP).  This latest donation is in response to 
an "urgent call" by the WFP and Belgian diplomatic reporting 
from Kabul that stated that hungry Afghans were "eating 
grass."  Vermeir said that the proposal has been sent to 
Minister De Decker for his signature, and that he foresees 
the Minister signing it within days.  According to Vermeir, 
the donation will be used to buy, at least in part, 12,000 
tons of wheat from Pakistan that should arrive in Afghanistan 
approximately two weeks later. 
 
10. (C/NF) COMMENT: On Afghanistan, De Decker has yet to 
deliver on his promises.  On one hand, he talks a lot about 
items in the purview of the Defense Ministry while on the 
other hand, he has thus far failed to secure resources from 
his own ministry, like civilians for PRT or increased 
development assistance.  This has infuriated Minister of 
Defense Flahaut, and provided Flahaut with an excuse to 
foot-drag on military items.  That said, De Decker appears to 
be inching the Council of Ministers in the right direction. 
Post will continue to press the issue; we have better 
leverage and potential for Belgian help in Afghanistan than 
in Iraq.  END COMMENT 
 
IRAQ - BELGIUM WILL CONTINUE TRAINING 
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11. (C/NF) In response to questioning from Ambassador what 
more Belgium might do in Iraq, De Decker noted that because 
garnering support for Afghanistan is "already difficult", any 
new initiatives on Iraq are unlikely for now.  He highlighted 
existing commitments and several programs already completed. 
These include: training for Iraqi diplomats and police, 
support of the constitutional process, and capacity building 
for border control management.  De Decker said that the 
training programs would continue.  Until the security 
situation in Iraq improves, Belgium is reluctant to send a 
Belgian Ambassador to Baghdad. 
 
CORRECTING MISIMPRESSIONS ON U.S. ASSISTANCE 
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12. (SBU) In a mid-June radio interview, De Decker had 
claimed that European development assistance was "10-15 
times" that of the U.S.  Ambassador took the opportunity to 
clarify the figures for U.S. contributions, and passed a note 
with more details, including what the U.S. is doing in Africa 
and the Congo.  He also highlighted the importance of U.S. 
private donations, as well as U.S. endeavors to encourage 
economic growth and trade that will have an impact on 
development.  While De Decker appeared to take the points on 
board, Vaesen (who may have been the author of the offending 
media talkers) noted that U.S. aid levels are measured 
differently than other countries and therefore are not easily 
comparable. 
 
UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN FORMER BELGIAN CONGO 
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13. (C/NF) Ahead of the July 30 presidential and 
parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo (DROC), De Decker said that he was "angry" with 
Belgian media's exaggerated portrayals of spiraling violence 
and chaos in DROC.  According to him, the "elections will 
take place normally" and that the unrest is not as serious as 
has been portrayed in the Belgian media.  De Decker said "90 
percent of the Congolese want the elections to take place 
July 30."  He said he is confident, adding, "We have to be," 
and underscoring Belgium's contribution of $400 million for 
election support in DROC.  De Decker also thinks that current 
DROC president Joseph Kabila will win, although he was not 
sure if it would take one round of elections or two for 
 
Kabila to be elected. 
 
DE DECKER AFRICA TRAVELS 
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14. (SBU) In the past few weeks, De Decker has traveled to 
the Great Lakes region and to Morocco for the EU summit with 
African nations on migration issues.  He also mentioned a 
recent stop in Nairobi to meet with Somali leaders.  This may 
have been in part to help his francophone liberal party (MR) 
compatriot, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel, prepare 
for meetings on Somalia in Brussels the week of July 17. 
 
 
BIO NOTE 
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15. (U) Note: De Decker is running for the mayor of the 
Brussels commune of Uccle in local elections to be held 
October 8.  If elected, De Decker would take office in 
January 2007.  In Belgium, office holders can hold both 
municipal and Federal positions at the same time, as well as 
other multiple jobs:  the only exception is for Federal 
Ministers.  However, De Decker could take advantage of a 
loophole by naming his deputy mayor to act in his stead, and 
still keep the Mayor's title.  Many national political 
figures, including the Heads of both houses of parliament, 
also wear the Mayor's sash.  End Note 
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