if contacts having to be manualy imported was listed as one of the bugs/things to be fixed in a future release like the other limitations..
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1. No audio/video calls with either telepathy-haze or telepathy-salut
2. No avatars support yet with telepathy-salut
3. No authorization of new contacts in telepathy-haze. Adding/removing buddies won't work from it."

I wouldnt have commented. but perhaps its just something I need to play around with to get it to work.