Brazzaville Protocol

The Brazzaville Protocol mandated the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, paving the way for Namibia's independence through the New York Accords.cite book|last=Kahn|first=Owen Ellison|year=1991|title=Disengagement from Southwest Africa: The Prospects for Peace in Angola and Namibia|pages=225] Representatives from the governments of Angola, Cuba, and South Africa signed the protocol on December 13, 1988 in Brazzaville, Congo.cite book|last=Tvedten|first=Inge|year=1997|title=Angola: Struggle for Peace and Reconstruction|pages=38-40]

Negotiation

In 1981 Chester Crocker, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs for newly elected President Ronald Reagan, had developed a linkage policy, tying apartheid South Africa's agreement to relinquish control of Namibia to Cuba's troop withdrawal and peace in Angola. [http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/guides/debate/chats/crocker/ COLD WAR Chat: Chester Crocker, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs] CNN] On September 10, 1986 Fidel Castro made Crocker's proposal a prerequisite to withdrawal from Angola as did the South African government on March 8, 1987. The Angolan and American governments began negotiating in June 1987. The Cuban government joined negotiations on January 28, 1988 and all three parties held a round of negotiations on March 9 in London. The South African government joined negotiations on May 3 and the parties met in June and August in New York and Geneva. All parties approved an outline agreement of "Principles for a Peaceful Settlement in South Western Africa" on July 20 [ [http://www.usip.org/library/pa/angola/angola_cuba_sa_12221988.html Agreement Among the People's Republic of Angola, the Republic of Cuba, and the Republic of South Africa] ] and agreed to a ceasefire on August 8, 1988.Alao, Abiodun. "Brothers at War: Dissidence and Rebellion in Southern Africa", 1994. Pages XIX-XXI.]

UNITA and South African forces stopped and repelled an MPLA advance on UNITA regions in strongholds in Southern Angola ending with the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Cuando Cubango province from January 13 to March 23, 1988, in the second largest battle in the history of Africa.George, Edward. "The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991: From Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale", 2005. Page 1.] UNITA and South Africa retreated after a 15-hour battle on March 23 and moved for negotiations.Kahn, Owen Ellison. "Disengagement from Southwest Africa: The Prospects for Peace in Angola and Namibia", 1991. University of Miami Institute for Soviet and East. Page 79.]

ee also

*Alvor Agreement
*Bicesse Accords
*Lusaka Protocol
*Nakuru Agreement
*New York Accords

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