Somaliland Representative Offices On The Verge Of Closing

[Somalia]

Time to move in.

 

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Hargeisa:- The Somaliland representative offices in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, United Kingdom and the United States are on the verge of closing because Somaliland's erstwhile Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omar has refused to release the small amount of funds needed to cover their operating costs, reliable sources have confirmed to Qarannews.com.

 

According to these sources, the minister, Dr. Omar has refused to release any funds to these missions until the completion of an investigation by the Auditor General of Somaliland currently under way at the ministry to ascertain whether there has been miss-management or miss- appropriation of funds intended for overseas missions.

 

The Auditor General was called in to investigate the ministry by the Somaliland President, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud "Siilaanyo", after allegations of corruption at the ministry were made by the former Director-General of the ministry, Mohamud Rage Ibrahim, who resigned last month.

 

The former Director-General of the ministry, Mohamud Rage Ibrahim, in his resignation speech had accused the erstwhile minister, Dr. Omar of allegedly miss-appropriating funds intended for a Somaliland mission in the new African country of South Sudan. That allegation had been denied by the minister.

 

Our sources state that the above mentioned Somaliland representative office located in strategically important countries to Somaliland cause will not be able to meet their operation cost and may have to close temporarily until the Auditor General's investigation at the ministry has been concluded.

 

The Somaliland Foreign minister, Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omar has often stated that Somaliland needs to more professional in its diplomatic endeavours, closing its representative office in these countries, however temporary, appears to contradict that mantra.

 

Already Somaliland representative offices in South Africa and Pakistan have closed due to a lack of funds, even though their operating cost were included in the 2011 budget for the ministry.

[Che -Guevara]

Fighting corruption, that's good thing/

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

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[Carafaat]

What purpose will those offices have when Somaliland and Somalia Unite again and there will be one Embassy only. Wax fahma.

[Jacaylbaro]

The Somaliland representative offices in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, United Kingdom and the United States

Good to see you are finally admitting we have embassies in all those countries ,,,,

[Carafaat]

Make sure you safe collectors items of those offices, for sure they willl close soon.

[Jacaylbaro]

That is a technical issue ,,, but I'm glad they know now

[Carafaat]

There is one also in Sweden, Norway and Finland. I am glad there is not one here in Holland.

[The Sage]

Well According to the NDP of Somaliland the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to expand its representative offices and strengthen their capacity between now and 2016, so if anything the ministry will become even larger.

 

The ministry's plans for 2012-2016:

 

The ministry intends to spend $6 million USD alone on expansion and nearly $1 million of that will go to expanding its worldwide offices

[Mario B]

Sage, i'll save the money if I were you, "SL" recognition is just a pipe dream.

[Abdul]

Jacaylbaro;801084 wrote:

Good to see you are finally admitting we have embassies in all those countries ,,,,

You have no embassy anywhere in the world sxb.You need to be a recognized as a country first which in your case will not happen.

[Somalia]

Carafaat;801297 wrote:

There is one also in Sweden, Norway and Finland. I am glad there is not one here in Holland.

Rumour has it, it moved with the khat?

[Jacaylbaro]

Abdul;801487 wrote:

You have no embassy anywhere in the world sxb.You need to be a recognized as a country first which in your case will not happen.

I'm not the poster of the topic u know ,,,

[ToughGong.]

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