Somalia government assures on relocation

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Somalia government assures on relocation

 

 

By KEN RAMANI

 

The Federal Transition Parliament of Somalia will next week adopt a bill detailing the relocation plan.

 

At the same President Abdullahi Yusuf yesterday appealed to Somali MPs to nurture unity for the sake of peace in their country.

 

He was speaking at a Nairobi hotel where he hosted 223 MPs to lunch.

 

The luncheon was the first get-together since the MPs engaged in a brawl at another Nairobi hotel on March 17.

 

The MPs had disagreed over the city where the transitional government will be housed and also the idea of accepting troops from front-line states-Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

 

Yesterday President Yusuf shared the high table with the Speaker Sheikh Hassan Adam whom most MPs blamed for taking sides in the debate over the relocation of the government.

 

Other officials included several Cabinet ministers, the Chief Justice Yusuf Mire and the communications director in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Hussein Jabiri.

 

The Prime Minister Prof Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by his deputy, Hussein Aideed and the governor of Somalia’s Central Bank were said to have travelled to Libya to discuss details of financial aid to be given by President Muammar Gaddafi.

 

Yusuf said the MPs will also discuss and adopt the Igad Council of Foreign ministers resolution on the sending of a peace mission to Somalia.

 

Parliament will also discuss the possibility of going on recess for about three months to allow MPs to travel and meet their constituents.

 

"During the recess, the MPs will also establish district/regional administrative organs," explained Jabiri who translated for The Standard President Yusuf’s un-written speech which he delivered in Somali language.

 

And one of the MPs yesterday appealed to the Government of Kenya to intervene in a conflict in Elwak side of Somalia.

 

He claimed that at least 30 people were massacred on Saturday during a clan fighting.

 

"The war is taking place eight KMs from the common border with Kenya. If not controlled, it will easily spillover to Kenya," explained MP Ibrahim Isaak.

 

He said since there is no government in Somalia, Kenya had a humanitarian responsibility to the people of the region.

 

"Let the violence be nipped in the bud before it gets out of hand. The violence is not helping anybody, leave alone those involved in blood-letting" said Isak.

 

Meanwhile, 11 MPs from the Somalia Parliament have left for their country out of frustrations.

 

Sources said the group of MPs are some of the renegades that pushing for the relocation of Parliament to Mogadishu, with or without President Yusuf.

 

The group is insisting that the Somalia Charter be respected as it says Mogadishu is the capital city.

 

Other reports said more than 30 MPs arrived in the capital yesterday to stake their support for Mogadishu as the seat of power.

 

The Standard

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Wen's visit to open new chapter: media

Beijing, April 11. (PTI): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India will usher-in a new chapter in Sino-India ties and yield concrete results though the border dispute remains to be solved, the state media said today.

 

"It is possible for a dragon and an elephant to be on good terms with each other. And that is the current case with China and India," the state-run China Daily said in an article on its opinion page.

 

Wen, on his first visit to India, reached a consensus with his host on keeping the issue of border disputes on the backburner, the leading English-language newspaper noted even as Wen is slated to hold talks with Indian leadership today.

 

"They have decided to reinforce the pragmatic co-operation path that the two countries have embarked on," it said, commenting that Wen's India visit, an important part of his South Asia tour, is expected to drive forward the 55-year modern relationship between the two countries.

 

The Hindu

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Bridge of friendship being laid: Chinese PM

 

 

Monday, 11 April , 2005, 11:22

 

New Delhi: Observing that a "bridge of friendship" was being laid between India and his country, visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Monday said the two nations have agreed on a five-year plan for comprehensive cooperation in economy and trade to promote bilateral ties. Editor's Choice

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He said the two countries had decided on inking an agreement on guiding principles of settlement of boundary question.

 

"This is a very important visit in the history of our relations and I am sure this visit will certainly continue to promote friendly ties and cooperation between our two countries," Wen, who is in New Delhi on a four-day visit, told reporters after being accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

 

With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh standing beside him, the Chinese Premier expressed confidence that "we will be able to bring even closer our partnership".

 

 

 

"We are going to agree on guiding principles of settlement of the India-China boundary question," Wen said.

 

He said the two countries were set to release a five-year plan for comprehensive economic cooperation and trade.

 

"We are going to put in place a bridge of friendship linking our two countries, a bridge that will lead both of us to the future," said Wen who arrived in India on Saturday and reached New Delhi on Sunday after a day-long stay in Bangalore.

 

The two countries, in an effort to resolve the boundary issue, have agreed on a three-tier process, comprising an accord on the guiding principles at the first stage, agreed framework in the second and actual delineation of the border in the third.

[Legend of Zu]

What has Indo China relations to do with Somali Gov't Relocation??? :confused:

 

Cheers

[Jumatatu]

Could it be possibly that they share the Indian Ocean....?