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REF: (A) STATE 372240, (B) KIGALI 3080, (C) USUN 6507
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2. RWANDA IS A MOUNTAINOUS, LAND-LOCKED COUNTRY THAT
FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS. ETHNIC
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AND REGIONAL RIVALRIES, THREE YEARS OF WAR, A YEAR OF
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, INCIPIENT PARTY POLITICS, AND NOW
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEACE ACCORD WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF A UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE HAVE ABSORBED
MOST OF RWANDA'S ENERGIES. RELATIONS WITH ITS
NEIGHBORS AND FRANCE CONSTITUTE THE MAJOR PORTION OF
RWANDA FOREIGN POLICY ACCOUWT. PRESIDENT
HABYARIMANA'S SPEECH IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OCTOBER
6 REFLECTED RWANDA'S PROVINCIAL VIEW OF THE WORLD.
RWANDA HAS NEVER PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
MOBILIZING AFRICAN, OR ANY OTHER, VOTES AT THE UN
EITHER FOR OR AGAINST AN ISSUE. RWANDANS ARE NOT
PARTICULARLY PRONE TO CONSENSUS BUILDING. AT LEAST
INITIALLY, RWANDA'S SECURITY COUNCIL PERFORMANCE CAN
BE EXPECTED TO REFLECT ITS PROVINCIALISM AND ITS
ISOLATION.
3. A NEW GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE THE REBEL RPF IS TO
BE FORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARUSHA PEACE ACCORD
AT THE END OF THE YEAR. ALTHOUGH THE SAME POLITICAL
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PARTY WILL HOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTRY PORTFOLIO, IT IS
UNCLEARUAT THZ(3BH NUV ZL
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BXEFETAINED. NEVERTHELESS, WE OFFER THE
FOLLOWING AS PRELIMINARY RESPONSES TO REF A QUERIES.
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B. KEY PLAYERS. WITH THE GOVERNMENT LINE-UP ABOUT
TO BE RADICALLY ALTERED, WE CAN ONLY REPORT CURRENT
KEY PLAYERS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY:
- - FOREIGN MINISTER: ANASTASE GASANA, AN
INTELLECTUAL WITH NO DIPLOMATIC EXPERIENCE AND A KEEN
INTEREST IN LOCAL PARTY POLITICS.
- - DIRECTOR OF CABINET: DEOGRATIAS HAVUGIMANA, A
LAW PROFESSOR WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN DIPLOMACY PRIOR
TO BEING BROUGHT INTO THE GOVERNMENT IN 1992 BY
FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER.
-- DIRECTOR GENERAL: AMBASSADOR SIMON INSONERE, THE
ONLY CAREER DIPLOMAT OF THE THREE WHO HAS SERVED AS
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IN THE ABSENCE OF A POLICY-MAKING APPARATUS IN THE
MINISTRY TO BACKSTOP SECURITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS,
RWANDA AMBASSADOR IN NEW YORK IS LIKELY TO HAVE
CONSIDERABLE INDEPENDENCE.
C. IMPORNAMT QUESTIONS. ON IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OR
FAST-BREAKING ISSUES, THE AMBASSADOR IN NEW YORK
WOULD BE LIKELY TO CONSULT THE FOREIGN MINISTER OR
PERSONS HOLDING ONE OF THE OTHER POSITIONS MENTIONED
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D. TENSIONS. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF TENSIONS BETWEEN
KIGALI AND NEW YORK ON UN ISSUES. U.S. DEMARCHES AT
THE MINISTRY HAVE HELPED HIGHLIGHT U.S. CONCERNS. WE
ARE AWARE THAT, FOLLOWING OUR DEMARCHES, THE MINISTRY
HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SENT INSTRUCTIONS TO NEW
YORK ECHOING OUR CONCERNS AND POSITIONS. WE SUSPECT
THAT NEW YORK HAS ON OCCASION ACTED INDEPENDENTLY OF
INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAPITAL.
F (SIC). PEACEKEEPING. THIS IS RWANDA'S MAJOR
INTBREST AT THE UN AT THIS TIME. A UN PEACEKEEPING
FORCE IS DEPLOYING IN RWANDA TO ASSIST IN THE
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUGUST 4 PEACE ACCORD. RWANDA
WILL BE INTERESTED IN KEEPING THE FORCE IN RWANDA
THROUGHOUT THE TRANSITION PERIOD AS CALLED FOR IN THE
PEACE ACCORD.
G. CONFLICT PREVENTION. RWANDA IS SENSITIVE TO
CONFLICT PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, HAVING A
FRAGILE PEACE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS OF WAR. FOREIGN
MINISTER ADVOCATED INVESTMENT IN CONFLICT PREVENTION
AS A MEANS OF REDUCING PEACEKEEPING COSTS DURING
PRE-UNGA DEMARCHE (REF B). RWANDA MIGHT, HOWEVER, BE
INCLINED TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH OTHER AFRICAN AND G-77
COUNTRIES ON ISSUES THAT TOUCHED ON THE QUESTION OF
SOVEREIGNTY.
H. FINANCING PEACEKEEPING. DURING PRE-UNGA
DEMARCHE, FOREIGN MINISTER, NEW TO HIS POST AND TO
DIPLOMACY, WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE U.S. FOOTS
30 PERCENT OF EVERY PEACEKEEPING BILL. HE THOUGHT
THIS UNFAIR BUT SPECULATED THAT IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT
TO CHANGE THE PAYMENT FORMULA.
I. CRITERIA. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER RWANDA HAS
THOUGHT THROUGH CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING PEACEKEEPING
OPERATIONS. RWANDA TOOK THE LEAD, HOWEVER, IN
ASSEMBLING REGIONAL LEADERS FOLLOWING THE
ASSASSINATION OF BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS
OPTIONS. THE REGIONAL SUMMIT EXPRESSED THE URGENT
NEED TO ESTABLISH A "STABILIZATION FORCE" TO AID IN
RESTORING TRUST AND ESTABLISHING SECURITY IN
BURUNDI. IT ASKED THE OAU TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
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DECISIONS AND CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
TO PROVIDE MATERIAL, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE "STABILIZATION FORCE."
J. CIS PEACEKEEPING. WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT
RWANDAN VIEWS ON THIS MATTER.
K/L. SANCTIONS ON LIBYA/IRAQ. RWANDA IS LIKELY TO
BY SYMPATHETIC TO SANCTIONS ON THESE COUNTRIES. ITS
VOTES MAY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE LARGER THIRD-WORLD
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