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E.O. 12958: N/A 
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SUBJECT: SADC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT:  ZIMBABWE, DRC AND 
LESOTHO TO BE DISCUSSED 
 
REF: A. STATE 038986 
 
     ¶B. MASERU 00192 
     ¶C. DAR ES SALAAM 0375 
 
¶1. (SBU) Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary 
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), confirmed to 
PolCouns on March 28 that Zimbabwe will be at the top of the 
agenda of the March 28 to 29 Extraordinary Summit of the SADC 
Heads of State.  The security situation in the Democratic 
Republic of Congo (DRC) and the ongoing impasse in Lesotho 
between opposition parties and the Government of the Kingdom 
of Lesotho will also be discussed.  Sanga appreciated the 
reftel points and said that the SADC heads of state or their 
representatives will hold pre-summit consultations hosted by 
President Kikwete, most likely at the State House, beginning 
the early evening of March 28.  The summit meeting itself 
will convene the morning of March 29 and conclude later that 
day with a communiqu or press statement. 
 
¶2. (SBU) According to John Katuki, personal assistant to the 
Minster of Foreign Affairs Bernard Membe, all 14 member SADC 
member states are planning to send a representative to the 
Extraordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State.  Katuki said the 
Government of Tanzania has been notified that the Government 
of Zimbabwe is sending a delegation, but could not confirm if 
President Robert Mugabe would be heading up the GOZ 
delegation. 
 
¶3.  (U) Local press reports have noted the following heads of 
state would arrive in Dar es Salaam before 5 p.m. on 
Wednesday, March 28:  President Mbeki of South Africa, 
President Mwanawasa of Zambia, President Pohamba of Namibia, 
President Guebuza of Mozambique, and Prime Minister Mosisili 
of Lesotho. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Comment:  Post will closely monitor the March 29 
summit proceedings.  Katuki, Minister Membe's personal 
assistant, told PolCouns that as soon as possible after the 
conclusion of the summit, MFA would brief the same heads of 
mission (i.e. United States, Canada and select EU envoys) 
whom Minister Membe met with to discuss President Kikwete's 
March 15 meeting with Mugabe (Ref C). 
DELLY