VZCZCXRO8165
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0873 2110341
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 290341Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8197
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 4955
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0222
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 0042
RUEHAE/AMEMBASSY ASMARA 0003
UNCLAS HANOI 000873
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
SUBJECT: HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE
RENEWAL
REF: STATE 79539
(SBU) On July 29, Poloff met To Anh Tuan and Ngo Thi Xuan Ha of the
Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of International
Organizations to deliver Reftel points on a way forward on the UN
Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). Toan said Hanoi's
consistent position on UN peacekeeping missions has been that they
must have the consent of all parties (including the countries
carrying out the peacekeeping) involved. As current UNSC President,
Hanoi asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to work with the
Eritrean and Ethiopian sides to "find an acceptable solution," Toan
stated. Vietnam never supports solutions that are "imposed on
countries," he added.
MICHALAK