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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001016 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
SUBJECT: RWANDAN ARMED GROUP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUSHES FOR 
REPATRIATION VICE RELOCATION IN LETTER TO DRC GOVERNEMNT 
 
REFS: A) KINSHASA 463  B) KINSHASA 630 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Post received a copy of a letter dated November 13 from 
the National Congress for Democracy (CND -- "Congres national pour 
la democratie" in French), which is a political umbrella for several 
FDLR elements, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. 
 CND makes an open call to repatriate to Rwanda FDLR - RUD (an 
FDLR-origin group known as "Rassemblement pour l'unite et la 
democratie" in French) combatants and dependents.  The RUD 
participated in the disarmament and demobilization process launched 
at the May 2008 Kisangani Conference in conjunction with the "Road 
Map for the Disarmament of Rwandan Armed Groups in the Democratic 
Republic of Congo." (ref A).  The RUD combatants and dependents 
entered a regroupment center in Lubero District (Kasiki town), North 
Kivu in July, but have not been relocated within the DRC as outlined 
in the Kisangani roadmap (ref B). 
 
¶2.  (SBU) The CND letter jettisons previous possibilities to 
relocate RUD members and family within DRC under refugee status in 
favor of repatriation to Rwanda.  Dr. Felicien Kanyamibwa, who 
signed the road map in May for CND and speaks as the political 
leader of FDLR - RUD and FDLR - RPR ("Rassemblement du peuple 
rwandais" in French) elements, makes a plea for the GDRC and 
international community to urge Rwandan President Paul Kagame to 
create conditions favorable to return, including an inter-Rwandan 
dialogue (Note: the precondition of an inter-Rwandan dialogue for 
repatriation of FDLR elements is a consistent FDLR demand and was 
dismissed as "absurd" by DRC Ambassador-at-Large Seraphin Ngweg in 
his remarks at the Kisangani Conference in May.  End Note.)  MONUC's 
DDRRR office, in conjunction with a Congolese private businessman 
close to former Foreign Affairs Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi, organized 
the construction of the regroupment center for 67 combatants plus 
dependents and the collection of 42 weapons from the group. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Unofficial embassy translation follows. 
 
Begin unofficial embassy translation: 
 
Congres National pour la Democratie (CND) - National Democratic 
Congress (NCD) 
 
RUD/RPR 
 
Telephone 001-201-794-6542, 001-201 9315209 
e-mail: urunana@optonline.net 
Fax: 001-201-794-6542 
HOME URL: WWW.RUD-URUNANA.ORG 
 
November 13, 2008 
 
To: 
His Excellency Mr. Alexis Tambwe Mwamba 
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DRC 
 
Professor Kaumba Lufunda Samajiku 
Special Advisor to the Head of State of the DRC 
 
Monsignor Matteo Zuppi 
San'Egidio 
 
CC: 
His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon 
UN Secretary-General 
 
Dr. Jendayi Frazer 
Assistant Secretary, U.S. State Department 
 
¶H. E. Mr. Zhang Yesui 
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to United Nations 
Fax: 212-634-0042 
 
¶H. E. Pierre Jacquemot 
Ambassador of France in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 
Fax: 243-815-559-957 
 
¶H. E. Vitaly Churkin 
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United 
Nations 
Fax: 212-628-0252 
 
Nicholas H. E. Cannon 
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to Rwanda 
Fax: 250-582044 
 
Ambassador W. Stuart Symington 
 
KINSHASA 00001016  002 OF 002 
 
 
U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda 
Fax: 250-596400 
 
Ambassador H. E. Dr. M. S. Tsele 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa in the 
DRC 
Fax: 243-81555 4321 
 
Bishop Kuye Ndondo 
ECC 
 
Subject: Combatants regrouped at Kasiki await the initiative of the 
Government of the DRC to return home. 
 
Earlier this year, the National Congress for Democracy (CND) and 
Rwandan refugees engaged voluntarily in the Kisangani process with 
the DRC Government, under the facilitation of the San'Egidio 
Community and with the support of the international community.  In 
July 2008, the CND proceeded with the regrouping of RUD/RPR 
combatants at Kasiki, Lubero Territory, North Kivu Province.  The 
introduction of the road map to the international community in 
Kisangani on May 26, 2008, and this regrouping, followed by 
disarmament, is for us a positive and strong signal that we sent to 
the international community in the search for sustainable peace in 
the region. 
 
Against winds and tides and despite the huge obstacles that we have 
faced, we have asked the international community that they proceed 
with the identification of combatants and their dependents. The 
Kasiki combatants have unequivocally expressed their wish to return 
home, rather than the alternative which was presented as refugee 
status in DRC territory.  We prepared, in vain, to send an 
exploratory team to visit Rwanda to assess in person the security 
conditions that those who volunteer to return will face.  This 
initiative, reflecting the desire of combatants to return home, has 
been sabotaged by several players. 
 
The CND has thus resolutely entered into the Kisangani process. 
Today, more than ever, the CND, together with the combatants and 
their dependents, seeks the mobilization of the international 
community to create all necessary conditions to enable the 
repatriation of all those who wish to return home. 
 
We call upon the Government of the DRC to seek all ways and means of 
compelling General Paul Kagame to commit to receive his countrymen 
in their own country and to ensure their basic human rights, 
including security, in Rwanda. 
 
We remain convinced that the best framework would be organizing an 
inter-Rwandan dialogue to enable all refugees wherever they are to 
return home. 
 
Yours truly, 
 
Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD 
Congrhs National pour la Democratie (CND) - National Congress for 
Democracy (NCD) 
 
End unofficial embassy translation. 
 
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