Somaliland seeks recognition, Somali pres calls for talks

[Jaylaani]

Dr. Charles Murigande, Rwanda's foreign minister,()

hadhwanaag 2007-01-29 (Hadhwanaagnews) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Jan 28 (Garowe Online) - The Republic of Somaliland has sent a formal request to the African Union asking to be recognized as an independent African government, according to diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa.

 

Somaliland officials in the Ethiopian capital reportedly delivered the message to the AU.

 

The 8th AU Summit is scheduled to open in Addis Ababa Monday, with Somalia and the conflict-ridden Sudanese region of Darfur high on the summit agenda.

 

Somaliland has unilaterally declared independence from the rest of the country in 1991, as the Horn of Africa country disintegrated and erupted in civil war.

 

No nation in the international community has recognized Somaliland’s independence yet, but several countries keep unofficial diplomatic presence in the capital of Hargeisa.

 

African support?

 

Dr. Charles Murigande, Rwanda’s foreign minister, reportedly surprised African diplomats and angered Somali delegates in Addis Ababa when he openly called for Somaliland’s recognition by AU member states.

 

Dr. Murigande said the Somaliland government has a right to be recognized internationally, since the government returned law and order to the region and can self-manage.

 

The comments warranted a response from Abdullahi Yusuf, president of Somalia’s internationally recognized transitional federal government.

 

While commending Somaliland for securing the peace, President Yusuf called on the breakaway region’s leadership to open talks with his government and reach consensus.

 

Yusuf said his government would not interfere in Somaliland affairs until southern Somalia was pacified.

 

Earlier this month, thousands of protestors in Hargeisa expressed their support for independence by taking to city streets and opposing Yusuf’s Mogadishu-based government.

 

President Yusuf does not enjoy a particularly popular history in Somaliland. As leader of the Puntland autonomy, he deployed his troops in late 2002 to Sool region, giving effective control of the disputed region to Puntland.

 

Somaliland claims legal right over Sool and Sanaag regions under colonial-era boundaries, while Puntland maintains legitimacy on blood ties between inhabitants

[AYOUB]

Somaliland Requests AU Heads to Recognize Its Sovereignty in Addis Ababa Summit

 

Aweys Osman Yusuf

Mogadishu

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

 

January 28, 2007

Posted to the web January 29, 2007

 

The breakaway republic of Somaliland has requested the African heads at the AU summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to officially recognize the independence of Somaliland.

 

The request has reportedly infuriated the Somali government representatives at the summit. The AU summit would be formally open on Monday, while Sudan and Somalia would be the top priority in the African Union summit.

 

 

The Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf, who he arrived at the summit in Addis Ababa, told journalists that his transitional government would be engaged in peaceful dialog with the secessionist government of Somaliland when the rest of Somalia was tenable and peaceful. "My government will not bother Somaliland until we successfully restore peace and security to Somalia," he told the press.

 

Diplomatic sources said that the executive council committee of the African Union, which convened in Addis Ababa on Thursday, was amazed when Rwandan foreign minister put on the table an agenda calling that Somaliland should be recognized formally by the AU countries.

 

The initiative has promptly angered the Somali envoys who asked that the subject regarding Somaliland should not be discussed at the moment.

 

One of the Somali government representatives has argued that Somaliland did not even have the right to be present at the meeting. He said, Somaliland is not internationally recognized."

 

Steven Mwayungi, the AU envoy for Somaliland, has told London based paper Alsharqalawsat that Somaliland had the right to show itself and ask the international community for recognition of its independence after 16 years of being separate from the rest of Somalia.

 

He indicated that it would not reasonable for Somaliland to unite the rest of Somalia to find so-called Greater Somalia

 

http://allafrica.com/stories/200701290936.html

[KEYNAN22]

who gave this rwandan monkey the authority to talk about somali internal issues? he should focus on the fragile relationship between hutus and tutsis instead.

[Jacaylbaro]

and who gave you the authority to talk about Rwandan issues ??? ,,, you should focus on the war in your country and solve your own problems

[General Duke]

The Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf, who he arrived at the summit in Addis Ababa, told journalists that his transitional government would be engaged in peaceful dialog with the secessionist government of Somaliland when the rest of Somalia was tenable and peaceful. "My government will not bother Somaliland until we successfully restore peace and security to Somalia," he told the press.

[NASSIR]

The Dr. is indeed lost in the murky of Somali problems by sharing destructive sentiment with the secessionist clique. He has probably had contact with the lobbiest of the seperatist.

 

The So called "Somaliland" does not have reign over Sool and Sanaag, two regions it claims, so recognizing an empty and illusive entity would spark the biggest conflict ever in the Horn and it will be burden on the International community to deal with.

[Jacaylbaro]

U think so ,,,,,,,,,,, let's discuss this issue with A/Yusuf then see

[Xargaga]

QUOTE:

who gave this rwandan monkey the authority to talk about somali internal issues? he should focus on the fragile relationship between hutus and tutsis instead.

 

saaxib the answear to you question is simply That if a Tigray Baboon can patroll and Pee on Mogadishu Streets Then you should let the Rwndan Monkey to Share his piece of mind about the Chronic Ilness of The Holier than thee Pure somali. Mark you The so called Ligitimate TFG leaders were Present and i think you heard what Victorious Yeey had to say.