Carafaat Posted August 30, 2013 Mogadishu (RBC) Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has late on Wednesday met with senior United Nations and African Union officials in his presidential Villa in Mogadishu, a press statement from the president’s office said. The meeting also attended the defense minister and the president’s senior advisers while the Special Representative for African Union Mission in Somalia was also present. The joint delegation from the United Nations and the African Union presented to the Somali president the process of transforming the AMISOM troops in Somalia into UN peacekeepers with a United Nations Security Council mandate. “The joint delegation from AU and UN will give visits to Baidoa, Jowhar, Beledweyn and Kismayo regions to measure the achievements made by AMISOM so far and then they will report to the United Nations Security Council later this year.” Walid Musa from African Union said. The delegation from African Union and the United Nations Supporting AMISOM Office will also look the possibibilities to transflrm the mission to UN hatted forces in Somalia next year. Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said that the government appriciates such initiative as he also thanked the role by the African Union and the United Nations towards building Somalia security. “Despite defeated al Shabab are still posing high threat against our stability.” president Mohamud said. Meanwhile Somali government is willing so see the Kenyan army to be replaced from Kismayo following earlier calls for multinational forces to be brought into the port town. RBC Radio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
