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SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
DEPT FOR AF/RSA RYAN BOWLES AND LAURA GRIESMER 
ADDIS ABABA FOR JOEL MAYBURY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL OVIP AORC XA CG
SUBJECT: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DRC Delegation 
 
REF: 10 STATE 3353 
 
¶1.       (U)  Poloff passed information in para 4 of reftel to the 
GDRC Director of the Bureau of African and Middle-Eastern Affairs, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 
 
 
 
¶2.       (SBU) Responses to requests for information in para 6 of 
reftel follow: 
 
 
 
Composition of delegation 
 
-          The GDRC gave conflicting information whether President 
Kabila would lead the delegation.  Post will continue to press the 
GDRC for confirmation of Kabila's plans. 
 
-          Foreign Minister Alex Thambwe Mwamba, and an advisor 
 
-          Tati Xavier-Honore, Director, Bureau of African and 
Middle-Eastern Affairs, MFA, and two advisors 
 
-          Professor Jean-Pierre Banza Kalumba, Counselor, College 
of Politics and Diplomacy, Office of the President 
 
 
Contact information in Addis Ababa 
 
-          Rene Ilume of the DRC Embassy in Addis Ababa, Telephone: 
251-911-40-77-37 
 
Arrival and departure times 
 
-          The working-level delegation will arrive January 24. 
 
-          Foreign Minister Thambwe would arrive on either January 
26 or 28. 
 
-          If President Kabila participates, he would arrive on 
January 31. 
 
-          The delegation would depart on February 3. 
 
Lodging information in Addis Ababa 
 
-          Not known at this time.  It is being coordinated by the 
DRC Embassy in Addis Ababa. 
BROCK