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2 French Prime Minister, Balladur, with Foreign Minister,
Juppe, in attendance, addressed the Security Council this
morning. Also present was Argentine Foreign Minister, Di
Tella. Balladur and Di Tella were the only speakers in what
turned out to be a PR exercise only, with no substantive
content.
2 The text of Balladur's address is contained in our
accompanying fax (Wellington and Paris only). There were two
interesting aspects to the address. First, it emphasises at
length France's traditional support for international order
through the League of Nations and the United Nations.
Secondly, on Rwanda there is nothing new in terms of what
France sees as the way ahead. The essential message on the
latter score is that France wants to get out of Rwanda by the
end of July and therefore wants the expanded UN force
deployed as quickly as possible so it can take over.
3 It seems very clear that the trip was designed as a PR
exercise, made in response to the widespread skepticism,
including in last week's informal consultations, about
France's intentions in Rwanda following the establishment of
the "humanitarian zone" in the south-west of the country.
4 The Argentine address was, in the circumstances, a
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predivtable statement of Argentine position on Rwanda,
couched in a reaffirmation of the essential elements of
neutrality and impartiality set out in Res 929.
5 The United States was also originally inscribed on the
speakers! list, but later withdrew. We have been given two
different explanations for Mrs Albright's decision to scratch
herself from the list. One was that she was unhappy that the
meeting was suspended after the Argentine address to enable
Balladur to give a press conference and head for the airport,
so she would not have been speaking to him. The second was
that Rwanda had inscribed to speak and she did not want to be
followed by Bizimana. In any event, neither she nor Bizimana
took the floor.
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