VZCZCXRO0033
PP RUEHGI RUEHMA RUEHROV
DE RUEHLGB #0769 3051207
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 311207Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5729
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 0211
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0042
RUEHKH/AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM 0032
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0172
UNCLAS KIGALI 000769
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPKO RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #6
REF: KIGALI 754
(SBU) VIM Airlines began its airlift of Rwandan soldiers to
Darfur on October 27. It has contracted to fly two of the
four battalions scheduled for rotation to Darfur, and will
take approximately two weeks to do so, flying 17 flights with
88 soldiers per flight. While it does not yet have a
contract in place from the UN to do the follow-on rotation of
the remaining two battalions, it believes it is
well-positioned to do so. It is also seeking to add
additional soldiers for each flight.
SYMINGTON