Ref ID: 07ADDISABABA3386
Date: 11/24/2007 17:20
Origin: Embassy Addis Ababa
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Destination:
Header: VZCZCXRO4466OO RUEHROVDE RUEHDS #3386/01 3281720ZNY CCCCC ZZHO 241720Z NOV 07FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABATO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8648INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATERHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATERHMFISS/CJTF HOA IMMEDIATERUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATERUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATERHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL IMMEDIATERUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATERUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATETags: PREL,PHUM,EAID,ET,SU
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 ADDIS ABABA 003386 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/24/2017 TAGS: PREL, PHUM, EAID, ET, SU SUBJECT: PRIME MINISTER TELLS ADMINISTRATOR FORE "WE WILL NOT LET PEOPLE DIE" IN THE OGADEN Classified By: Ambassador Donald Yamamoto for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). Summary:
1.(C) Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Fore questioned Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles on reports of imminent starvation of children and that only half of the necessary food assistance is reaching the afflicted area of the Ogaden. The Prime Minister stressed that he would "not let people die" from starvation in the Somalia region of Ethiopia. He said he diverted trucks supporting Ethiopian troops in Somalia to help deliver food. The Prime Minister questioned the alarmist reports from NGOs of anticipated starvation in the region, asserting that food is indeed getting to the area. Food deliveries were being escorted by the Ethiopian military for security and to prevent &leakage8 or food stolen by or purposely delivered to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group. Fore said the U.S. Mission would share assessments and exchange information on the situation in the Ogaden with the Prime Minister's office, which Meles welcomed. Read More
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