Puntland and Galmudug Withdraw Participation at Istanbul Conference II on Somalia Joint Statement

[Fiqikhayre]

Puntland State of Somalia

Galmudug State of Somalia

Joint Press Statement

27 May 2012

Puntland and Galmudug Withdraw Participation at Istanbul Conference II on Somalia

The governments of Puntland and Galmudug have withdrawn from a planned trip to the Republic of Turkey, Where the Istanbul Conference Il on Somalia is supposed to take place 31 May 2012 -1 June 2012.


®Puntland President Dr.Farole with Galmudug President Mr.Alin
This decision came as a matter of principle, after Puntland and Galmudug recognized that the Turkish role in Somalia is a) misbalanced; b) objects to consulting the Somali people; c) politically motivated, in cohort with the foreign policy of some countries; and d) not transparent enough to for the people to make a sound judgment.

Puntland and Galmudug

1. Having valued adherence to the Roadmap agreement, the Garowe Principles I & ll, the Galkayo Principles, and most recently, the Addis Ababa Communiqué of 23 May 2012, on the way forward in the Roadmap and the constitutional process;

2. Having valued the limited amount of time until the end of the transitional period on 20 August 2012;

3. Having considered the confusion over the purpose of transporting Somali traditional elders to Turkey for a meeting and the subsequent mismanagement of the elders’ trip;

4. Having seen Turkey’s unilateral decision to organize a Somali civil society meeting without consulting the Somali people, Somali stakeholders and their institutions;

5. Having considered the worrying fact that Somali leaders and representatives from TFG, Puntland, Galmudug, and Ahlu Sunna have all stated that they have no reliable information about the purpose and agenda ofthe Istanbul meetings;

6. Having seen the situation of mismanagement and interference during the process of selecting Somali traditional elders; and

7. Having considered the absence of Puntland and Galmudug role at the Istanbul Conference ll on Somalia;

Puntland and Galmudug withdraw participation at the Istanbul Conference Il on Somalia, as the conference is not a Somali-owned process, the purpose and agenda of the conference is ambiguous, and the Conference aims to defy all agreements and precedents in search of a fresh start folythe peace process in Somalia, which is unacceptable.

Read below the official joint statement of Puntland and Galmudug signed by both presidents.

[Fiqikhayre]

[galia]

This is a joke because Galmudug does not have a president or any sort of government at the moment because their are elections

[Che -Guevara]

Interesting

[galia]

The elders of Galmudug have already left somalia for Turkey via Mogadishu

 

So this is false

[galia]

Punk-land propaganda, disgusting

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

^^ The elders of Galmudug but not the Galmudug politicians

[galia]

Using the name of the people of Galmudug is disgusting

[galia]

Xaaji Xunjuf;834643 wrote:

^^ The elders of Galmudug but not the Galmudug politicians

There are now elections to be held in Galmudug for a new president and parliament.

 

Galmudug supports president sheikh shariff and his Turkish allies, end of story

[Fiqikhayre]

[Fiqikhayre]

Puntland iyo Galmudug oo Qaaddacay Shirka Istanbul

 

VOA Somali Service | Garoowe

 

 

War-saxaafadeed ay ku saxeexan yihiin labada Madaxaweyne ee labada Maamul-goboleed ayaa lagu sheegay inay qaaddaceen shirka Istanbul.

 

Labada madaxweyne ayaa war-saxaafadeedkan kasoo saaray iyaga oo jooga magaalada Addis Ababa ee dalka Ethiopia.

 

Warar dheeri oo arrintan ku saabsan, kala soco Idaacadda VOA

[bilan]

I guess papa zenawi told them to say that, cawaan. It is time Faroole to go, he wants to hold whole country hostage for his personal gains and that of EThiopia.

[galia]

Someone should kick caalin the rat in the teeth, i volunteer

[MoonLight1]

 

This decision came as a matter of principle, after Puntland and Galmudug recognized that the Turkish role in Somalia is a) misbalanced; b) objects to consulting the Somali people; c) politically motivated, in cohort with the foreign policy of some countries; and d) not transparent enough to for the people to make a sound judgment.

 

Sad if true.

 

Shameful to being the first one to fire on Turkey and accuse it of baseless accusations.

We know where Galmudug is coming from, but is Puntland becoming a NOist state, where everything is NO.

 

This is the funny part of the statement

c) politically motivated, in cohort with the foreign policy of some countries;

are these Somalis, or are they politically motivated foriegners?

[Jacaylbaro]

Ku dayo ku dayo ,,,, Coz Somaliland did that couple of weeks ago