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Viewing cable 09KIGALI177, RWANDA ON MAURITANIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09KIGALI177 2009-03-23 13:56 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kigali 
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLGB #0177 0821356
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 231356Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5965
INFO RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 0425
RUEHJB/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA 0521
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM 1334
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 2116
RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA 0670
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0438
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 1451
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0701
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 2050
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0222
 
UNCLAS KIGALI 000177 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/W JANE DENNISON AND AF/RSA PETER 
BARLERIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA ON MAURITANIA 
 
REF: STATE 25557 
 
(SBU) Pol/econ counselor delivered reftel demarche on March 
23 to Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs IO Director Ben 
Rutsinga.  Rutsinga indicated Rwanda, as a member of the 
Peace and Security Council, was fully supportive of the 
declarations by the African Union (AU) on Mauritania, and in 
particular supported Mauritania's suspension from the AU and 
the use of travel and financial sanctions to press for the 
return of constitutional rule.  Rutsinga noted the AU 
preferred to use "dialogue" in attempting to reverse an 
unconstitutional usurpation of power, but that the time had 
come for sanctions "so they (the Mauritanian junta) feels 
it."  He commented that Rwanda's ambassador to the African 
Union was fully supportive of this position. 
SYMINGTON