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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000575 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C (BETHEA) 
KINSHASA FOR BRAZZAVILLE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2018 
TAGS: PREL PGOV CF CT CD SY SG FR
SUBJECT: CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT:  BORDER CONTROL OPERATION 
NECESSARY 
 
REF: STATE 31387 
 
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, 1.4 (b/d 
). 
 
¶1.  (C)  In response to reftel, MFA AF DAS-equivalent 
Christine Fages (responsible for Chad) said on March 27 that 
the most important step in ensuring the effectiveness of the 
Dakar Chad-Sudan Peace Agreement would be the formation and 
deployment of a border monitoring operation.  She said that 
such an operation was mentioned in earlier peace agreements 
that were incorporated by reference into the Dakar Agreement. 
 It was up to Contact Group members such as Senegal, who were 
charged with this task, to organize such a mechanism.  With 
regret, Fages expressed doubt that this border monitoring 
function would be put into place quickly, if ever.  "It's 
just too daunting for them; look at all the trouble we had 
setting up EUFOR."  She nonetheless said that France would 
encourage all parties to the Chad-Sudan peace process to 
implement those portions of the Dakar Agreement for which 
they bore responsibility. 
 
¶2.  (C)  Fages added that the continued deployment of EUFOR, 
MINURCAT, and UNAMID would, indirectly, contribute to 
improved border controls, but she noted that controlling the 
borders was not the primary mission of those entities and 
that a border control mechanism derived from the various 
Chad-Sudan agreements would still be necessary. 
 
¶3.  (C)  Speaking more generally, Fages said that, while the 
Dakar Agreement was welcome and should be supported, it was 
at least the seventh such peace agreement between Chad and 
Sudan, which itself was a commentary on the effectiveness of 
the preceding six, on the commitment (or lack thereof) of 
Chad and Sudan to make peace, and on the prospect for success 
of the latest agreement.  She noted that the two sides had 
already started sniping about alleged violations of the Dakar 
Agreement.  "We would like this to succeed, and will 
encourage its success, but, realistically, we cannot, and 
should not, pin our hopes on this latest paper." 
 
¶4.  (C)  At a social event on March 14, shortly after the 
Dakar Agreement was concluded, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene 
Le Gal (responsible for Sudan) said that it was good that 
Chad and Sudan had signed an accord, but she said "there's 
nothing about this agreement that makes me think it will 
succeed when the other six haven't.  I would be pleasantly 
surprised if it did, but let's not get our hopes up too high." 
 
¶5. MINIMIZED CONSIDERED 
 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
 
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