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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/28/2017 
TAGS: PREL UNSC SU SR AA
SUBJECT: SYG BAN TALKS TOUGH ON SUDAN, PRAISES ANNAPOLIS 
 
REF: STATE 159362 
 
Classified By: Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
¶1. (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Amb. Khalilzad 
on Nov. 28, SYG Ban reacted positively to the Secretary's 
planned CPA ministerial (reftel) and said he would be more 
vocal in criticizing Sudanese President Bashir if Sudan did 
not improve its cooperation on implementation of the Darfur 
hybrid peacekeeping force.  Ban was full of praise for the 
U.S. role in organizing and managing the Annapolis meeting. 
He said that Russian FM Lavrov pressed him hard on Kosovo 
during a meeting at Annapolis.  Ban also announced plans to 
send Special Envoy Gambari back to Burma before Christmas. 
End Summary. 
 
¶2. (C) SUDAN: Amb. Khalilzad delivered reftel demarche to the 
Secretary General on Nov. 28.  Ban praised the Secretary's 
 
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proposal for a CPA ministerial in Addis Ababa and promised to 
follow up with Amb. Khalilzad on details of SRSG Qazi's 
participation and substantive UN input on CPA implementation. 
 Ban said he was very unhappy with Sudanese President Bashir 
and Sudanese Perm. Rep. Abdalmahmood Mohamad, describing the 
latter as impertinent and untrustworthy.  Ban said that he 
had instructed U/SYG Guehenno to be firm in his briefing to 
the Security Council on Nov. 27, resulting in a strong 
statement in which Guehenno questioned Sudan's commitment to 
cooperation with UNAMID and accused the Sudanese government 
of putting up obstacles that would make it impossible for the 
peacekeeping mission to operate (septel).  The Secretary 
General said that if Sudan's behavior did not change, he was 
prepared to personally be more vocal in criticizing President 
Bashir.  Ban said that while at the Annapolis conference he 
had spoken to the Saudis and Egyptians about Sudan's 
behavior.  Egypt had requested a list of actions it should 
press Sudan to take, which the Secretariat was working to 
provide. 
 
¶3. (C) ANNAPOLIS: Ban praised the Annapolis meeting as 
historic and successful.  He particularly admired the U.S. 
decision to announce the framework agreement at the beginning 
of the conference rather than the end.  Doing so created a 
positive atmosphere, he said, and forced many participants to 
hastily revise their talking points.  Rather than bicker over 
the outcome of the conference, parties turned instead to 
congratulating the Israelis and Palestinians on their 
agreement.  Characterizing the meeting as a victory for U.S. 
diplomacy and for Secretary Rice personally, Ban said that 
the U.S. role as "facilitator and judge" is critical to 
further progress.  The Secretary General told Amb. Khalilzad 
that he sees the Quartet taking on a monitoring role in the 
framework agreement and that he would like to see a Security 
Council PRST endorsing the outcome of the Annapolis 
conference.  His staff contacted us subsequently to add that 
Ban would like to see the future role of the Quartet 
addressed in the PRST. (NOTE: Elements of a PRST are 
currently under review in Washington.) 
 
¶4. (C) KOSOVO: Ban said that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov 
approached him on the sidelines of Annapolis and pressed him 
hard on Kosovo, arguing that negotiations should continue. 
Ban was noncommittal in his response, telling Lavrov that he 
had yet to confer with his experts on the issue.  The 
Secretary General will discuss Kosovo with EU High 
 
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Representative Solana on the afternoon of Nov. 28 and will 
hold an in-house meeting with the Secretariat's Kosovo team 
on Nov. 29.  He has agreed to have lunch with Amb. Khalilzad 
next week to discuss the issue further. 
 
¶5. (C) BURMA: Ban said that Special Envoy Gambari is due back 
in New York by the end of the week, and that he plans to send 
him back to Burma before Christmas. 
 
Khalilzad