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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NDJAMENA 000029 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/C 
STATE FOR S/USSES 
OSD FOR DASD HUDDLESTON 
NSC FOR GAVIN 
LONDON FOR POL - LORD 
PARIS FOR POL - BAIN AND KANEDA 
ADDIS ABABA ALSO FOR AU 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
SUBJECT: CHAD AND SUDAN MAKE PEACE, SIGN AGREEMENTS FULL 
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS AND BORDER SECURITY JAN 15 
 
REF: A. NDJAMENA 028 
     ¶B. NDJAMENA 021 
     ¶C. NDJAMENA 011 
 
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT 
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¶1.  (SBU)  Chad and Sudan have made a peaceful end to their 
proxy war, signing agreements in N'Djamena January 15 to 
formally normalize bilateral relations and to reinforce 
border security arrangements, which they spelled out in a 
joint communique.  Chad and Sudan pledged to end all support 
for armed rebel groups and to eliminate them from their 
respective territories, which means JEM must leave Chad and 
Chad armed rebel groups must leave Sudan. 
 
¶2.  (SBU)   These agreements mark the successful end of eight 
months of quiet bilateral negotiations by Chad FORMIN Faki 
and Sudan chief envoy Dr. Ghazi, which the USG and other 
partners of Chad supported and encouraged as the best path 
toward peace after five years of fighting through armed rebel 
clients.  This bilateral track succeeded, after all other 
tracks -- multilateral and trilateral -- failed, because the 
bilateral track permitted greater frankness and transparency 
between the two nations and because the evolution of events 
in the sub-region dictated a change of course to both 
Presidents, Deby and Bashir, who adjusted their geo-political 
and internal priorities accordingly.  It now remains to be 
seen if and how this welcome development can be made 
translated into further rapid her progress on a durable 
Darfur peace, as USG Special Envoy Gration and AU/UN Chief 
Joint Mediator Bassole seek to accomplish.  END SUMMARY AND 
COMMENT. 
 
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TEXT OF JOINT COMMUNIQUE 
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¶3.  (U)  Begin informal Embassy translation of text: 
 
Final Joint Communique 
 
A Sudanese delegation led by Dr. Ghazi Salahaddine Atabani, 
Special Adviser to President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bachir for 
Darfur, was in N'Djamena on Friday, January 15, 2010. 
 
The delegation had meetings with a Chadian delegation headed 
by FONMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat on concrete steps to 
normalization of relations between Chad and Sudan. 
 
The two delegations finalized and signed an Accord on 
normalization between the two countries, as well as an 
Additional Protocol on Securing the Border. 
 
The two delegations agreed to pursue establishment of 
measures to put an end to any presence of, support for or 
action by hostile armed groups operating in respective 
countries. 
 
The two countries agreed to take appropriate steps to make 
their common border secure and to maintain regular contact in 
the aim of realizing their goals. 
 
The two parties call on armed groups to accept the call for 
peace issued by their respective governments. 
 
The two delegations congratulated each other for the spirit 
of understanding and sincerity that characterized all of the 
bilateral engagements undertaken since October 2009. 
 
The Sudanese delegation thanks the President of the Republic 
of Chad, his government, and the Chadian people for their 
warm and fraternal welcome, which they enjoyed throughout the 
lengths of their several stays in N'Djamena. 
 
Signed in N'Djamena January 15, 2009. 
 
NDJAMENA 00000029  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
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COMMENT 
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¶4.  (SBU)   These agreements mark the successful end of eight 
months of quiet bilateral negotiations by Chad FORMIN Faki 
and Sudan chief envoy Dr. Ghazi, which the USG and other 
partners of Chad supported and encouraged as the best path 
toward peace after five years of fighting through armed rebel 
clients.  This bilateral track succeeded, after all other 
tracks -- multilateral and trilateral -- failed, because the 
bilateral track permitted greater frankness and transparency 
between the two nations and because the evolution of events 
in the sub-region dictated a change of course to both 
Presidents, Deby and Bashir, who adjusted their geo-political 
and internal priorities accordingly.  It now remains to be 
seen if and how this welcome development can be made 
translated into further rapid her progress on a durable 
Darfur peace, as USG Special Envoy Gration and AU/UN Chief 
Joint Mediator Bassole seek to accomplish. 
 
¶5.  (U) Minimize considered. 
NIGRO