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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000004 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
SUBJECT: CNDP STIPULATES VERIFICATION OF ALLEGED FARDC TROOP 
MOVEMENTS PRIOR TO NAIROBI TALKS 
 
REF: KINSHASA 3 
 
¶1.  (SBU) A January 1 CNDP statement mass emailed by spokesman 
Bertrand Bisimwa stipulated the "verification" of CNDP claims of 
FARDC troop movements into disengagement zones in areas north of 
Goma.  CNDP states that verification is a prerequisite to the 
resumption of bilateral talks between CNDP and GDRC scheduled to 
resume January 7 in Nairobi under the mediation of UN Special Envoy 
Obasanjo and that the verification should be performed by the 
"mediation".  MONUC refuted the troop movement claims in a December 
29 letter to CNDP (reftel).  Unofficial embassy translation of the 
January 1 statement by CNDP is at paragraph 2. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Begin unofficial embassy translation of January 1 CNDP 
statement: 
 
Negotiation Newsletter January 1, 2009 
 
On the eve of the resumption of the Nairobi negotiations, MONUC 
confirms the logic of war 
 
The negotiations between CNDP and the Kinshasa government are 
officially resuming Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in the Kenyan 
capital.  This third session consists of resolving the pending 
procedural issues, especially the one concerning the participation 
of the DRC National Parliament in the negotiation in the capacity of 
facilitator, a firm request formulated by the CNDP to the Mediation, 
but rejected by the government delegation.  However, the higher 
interest of the Nation commands that the national representation be, 
from the outset, associated in the political dialogue and fully 
vested in the spirit of negotiation so that in due course - the 
moment of implementation - it is able to legislate with full 
knowledge.  However, the resumption of negotiations risks posing 
problems, because CNDP requires in advance that clarification be 
rendered on an issue it considers major: the reoccupation by the 
government coalition of zones from which CNDP troops had disengaged 
from October 29, 2008, an act which is a violation of the unilateral 
ceasefire decreed by the Movement.  CNDP had created those 
separation areas to discard any possibility of confrontation between 
the warring troops.  But, against any clear logic, MONUC, the UN 
Mission to the DRC, continues to support the position that no 
presence of government troops has been noticed since late October 
2008 in the aforementioned areas, notably: the GOMA - KIBATI, 
KABASHA - KIWANDJA, KANYABAYONGA - NYANZALE, ISHASHA - KIWANDJA 
axes. This is a deliberate lie by MONUC, because any traveler, even 
blind, would have no difficulty seeing it.  In a recent letter to 
the Representative of the Secretary General of the UN in DRC, the 
CNDP was indignant about the situation, because the presence of the 
government coalition on the aforementioned axes is so large that it 
would take a spark to launch the war again.  MONUC is entrenched in 
its position and continues to deny, even in writing, any FARDC 
presence in the areas.  MONUC refutes the presence simply because it 
is affirmed by CNDP.  We can remind, indeed, that MONUC, a few weeks 
ago, said it was worried about the proximity of belligerent troops 
in KIBATI to the point of calling on them to refrain from any act 
likely to compromise the stability of the city of Goma. Then, on its 
own radio station (Radio Okapi) MONUC acknowledged the visit paid to 
the FARDC at KIBATI by a government delegation led by the Defense 
Minister accompanied by the FARDC Chief of Staff last weekend. 
Finally, if it is true that the government army is absent from 
there, how can one understand the reports from the humanitarians or 
the daily reports from MONUC, the famous "SITREP" which denounce 
several cases of rape, murder, lootings and other exactions 
perpetrated by the FARDC in the KIBATI camp?  Let us add that MONUC 
has supported the humanitarian plan to relocate the IDP camp from 
KIBATI lest it be in the crossfire soon. 
 
With regard to these obvious facts, any fair observer should wonder: 
why MONUC is blind only when it comes to noticing the deployment of 
government troops in the axes disengaged by CNDP.  Why does it 
indulge in distilling lies on issues concerning security for the 
whole nation: is it a mere flippancy or a real deliberate intention 
to support resumption of war? 
 
Let us recall that some time ago, MONUC warmly congratulated CNDP 
when it decided to stop its breakthrough on October 29, 2008 after 
reaching the Goma airport neighborhood, and then disengaged its 
forces first to 12 km on the GOMA-KIBATI axis, then on November 18, 
2008, to 40 km on each of the two KABASHA - KIWANDJA and 
KANYABAYONGA - NYANZALE axes.  MONUC was charged with the protection 
of the separation areas, today it just refuses to admit its 
incapacity to fulfill the task. 
 
Therefore, CNDP makes it a prerequisite to the resumption of the 
Nairobi negotiations, the visit of the mediation on the ground, 
 
KINSHASA 00000004  002 OF 002 
 
 
especially on the different axis indicated by CNDP to vet the 
veracity of its allegations.  It is essential to discard any 
possibility of resuming the war. We think that the mediation and the 
government party will accept the vetting just because we should 
ensure a calm climate on the ground during the negotiations.  This 
is all the more in the spirit that the mediation proposed to both 
parties in the singing on December 20 of the Act of acknowledgment 
of the pursuit of ceasing hostilities to which the government party 
officially adhered. 
 
Signed/Office of the CNDP Spokesman 
 
End unofficial embassy translation of January 1 CNDP statement. 
 
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