State Department: US Not Moving To Recognize Somaliland

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The Bush administration said Thursday the United States is not recognizing Somaliland as an independent country despite a State Department visit earlier this week by the breakaway Somali region's leader, Dahir Rayale Kahin. U.S. officials say they defer to the African Union on the recognition issue .

 

The luncheon meeting Monday between Kahin and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer was the highest-level contact between the parties in several years.

 

But officials here insist it does not portend any early U.S. move to recognize the self-proclaimed independent region of northwestern Somalia, but rather is part of broad U.S. contacts with Somali parties and political figures.

 

Somaliland declared its independence in 1991 as the rest of Somalia descended into civil conflict. It has enjoyed relative stability and elected governments, though it lacks international recognition.

 

At a news briefing, State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said the fact of Monday's meeting does not mean the United States is on the verge of recognizing Somaliland and that U.S. policy on the matter is unchanged .

 

He said U.S. officials believe it important to have contacts with responsible political figures from all over Somalia , who have an interest in building the country's institutions and taking it to, as he put it, a more hopeful future:

 

"Certainly Jendayi's [Frazer's] meetings fall solidly within that category, and it's a policy we are going to continue to pursue," said Sean McCormack. "We have interests in fighting terrorism in Somalia as well as in the Horn of Africa. Part of trying to bring about some greater stability in Somalia , writ large, involves working with the political parties , encouraging the political parties and political leaders in Somali to come together."

 

McCormack said the United States defers to the African Union as the appropriate forum to address the recognition issue.

 

Recent U.N. Security Council resolutions on Somalia, backed by the United States, reaffirm support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of the country.

 

The United States has had no diplomatic presence in Mogadishu for more than a decade, but supports the U.N.-backed transitional government there. Officials say they engage with Somaliland as a regional administration.

 

The Somaliland leader also had Washington meetings this week with officials from White House National Security Council, the Defense Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

 

His late predecessor as Somaliland president, Muhammad Ibrahim Egal, had a similar round of Washington meetings in 1999.

 

Source: VOA

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

whoa!!! how bout the mudaharrat they intended for somaliland that turned into somaliweyn, lol!!!!

[Som@li]

^let us just say some people have reversed the momentum!

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

this man,riyoode, went all the way to Washington dc to take pictures with statues. Muxu dad ka walay, they need to give him the actor of the year award!

[AfricaOwn]

I wouldn't want to claim those that desire not to be my countrymen...

[SomaliThinker]

What are you crazy lots talking about he meet high officals in the U.S. government and who knows what deals and agreements were done with somaliland.

[General Duke]

Maraykanka oo qaadacay Aqoonsiga Somaliland

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Washington DC(HRNet):-Dowlada Mareykanka oo ka hadashay gooni isku taaga S/lland xili Riyaale uu ku sugan yahay Mareykanka.

Wararka naga soo gaaraya Wadanka Mareykanka ayaa sheegay in Madaxweynaha maamulka Somaliland uu kulamo la qaatay qaar ka mid masuuliinta dowlada Mareykan ka gaar ahaan Haweenayda u qaabilsan dalka mareykanka arimaha Afrika Jendayi Frazer.

 

Madaxweynaha Maamulka Somaliland ayaa waxa uu dadaal igu jiraa sidii loo aqoon lahaa Maamulka Somaliland isaga oo safar ku soo kala baxshay Jabuuti Itoobiya Ingiriiska iyo haatan oo uu ku sugan yahay Mareykanka.

 

Kulankaas ka dib ayaa afhayeen u hadlay dalka Mareykanka oo la yiraahdo Sean McCormack waxa uu sheegay in dalkiisa uuna marna ogolaan doonin in ay gooni isku taagto Somaliland oo ay ka go,do Soomaaliya inteeda kale .

 

Maamulka Somaliland ayaa ilaa 1991 waxa uu u xusul duubayey in la aqoonsado waloow ilaa iminka aysan jirin dowlad aqoonsata waxaana ka dhacay dalka Mareykanka Banaanbaxyo looga soo horjeedo gooni iskutaaga Somaliland iyo banaanbaxyo kuwo lagu taageerayo gooni isku taaga S/lland

 

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[Gediid]

If at all this is going t help I think the current meetings in DC fall in line with earleir Pentagon department statements to engage Somaliland.Its no longer a matter of if but rather when now.

 

The Somaliland leader also had Washington meetings this week with officials from White House National Security Council, the Defense Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

[General Duke]

They met Egal 9 years ago, thus did it come?

Adeer give it up, you will never be recognised other than a province of Somalia.