A Meeting About Africa

The cable I was most interest in was a cable about Johnnie Carson, The Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, and his meeting with the Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. They discussed different issues prominent in West Africa. Angel Lossada, the Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, requested the U.S.'s opinion on getting involved with Africa. Some of the issues that Africa needed help with were, narcotics, terrorism, human trafficking, pirates, and drug traffickers. During this meeting Carson, stated that he realized the need to help take action in West Africa because a lot of the problems starting in Africa were causing problems in Spain as well. The end to the meeting consisted of Lossada asking for more help from the US and carson saying that when they work together, they are stronger. This cable is from February 16th 2010.

The cable can be found here.