Uthman1 Posted October 28, 2006 Pressure finally gets too much for the TFG. Its about time they come to Khartoum and stopped talking bigger than their shoes. ---------------------- MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's government said on Saturday it had decided to attend a third round of peace talks in Sudan with rival Islamists. The dominance of the Islamists, who control much of the south after seizing Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords in June, threatens the Western-backed interim government's attempts to impose central rule on a country in chaos since 1991. In September, the two sides agreed in principle to create joint military forces and reconvene on October 30 for power-sharing talks on political and security issues. "We are ready to implement any agreements reached ... We are ready to play our role in achieving a solution to the Somali problem," Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told a news conference in the government's seat Baidoa, monitored by Reuters by phone. An Islamist official said the Islamists were hoping to leave for Khartoum on Sunday. The talks will be co-mediated by the Arab League and Kenya, chair of regional body IGAD. The two sides have met twice in the Sudanese capital for talks that have produced little other than a promise to recognize each other and not make any military moves. Negotiations stalled after government allegations the Islamists had broken the pact against military expansion by seizing more territory, and Islamist claims of foreign interference in Somalia. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-10-28T173540Z_01_L28892939_RTRUKOC_0_US-SOMALIA.xml Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
