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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA1274, Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA1274 2007-11-14 05:31 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO5422
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1274 3180531
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 140531Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7127
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS KINSHASA 001274 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOVPREL KPKO PINR PINS CG RW
SUBJECT: Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between 
the DRC and Rwanda on Negative Forces 
 
ΒΆ1. (U)  Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally 
favorable, albeit not very substantive.  Following are reactions 
from major outlets: 
 
-- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the 
plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is 
too short, while the DRC army is still rebuilding itself. 
 
-- Le Phare notes that Murigande was happy with the signing because 
the DRC committed itself to fighting the ex-FAR, a diplomatic 
failure for DRC.  The paper adds that too heavy a load has been 
placed on the DRC and that fighting may take place between the FDLR 
and Nkunda's troops. 
 
-- La Reference Plus quotes signatories such as DRC Foreign Minister 
Mbusa and UN negotiator Menkerios.  Mbusa thought the agreement 
opened the way for a permanent and peaceful solution to the crisis 
of the Great Lakes region in general and in DRC in particular. 
Menkerios deemed that Rwanda and DRC had shown their firm 
willingness to take up their own destinies. 
 
-- L'Avenir writes that Nkunda is a mere lemon that President Kagame 
is now throwing away after squeezing it, and that Nkunda has been 
reduced to the status of a bargaining counter. 
 
-- Le Potentiel assumes that both the DRC and Rwanda are now drawing 
close to the outcome of the FDLR-Nkunda episode, at least with 
regard to the latest compromise signed in Nairobi. The paper's 
analysis ends by noting that signing the communique is one thing, 
but implementing it is another story. 
 
 
Brock