Saalax Posted April 26, 2017 10/03/2017 Somaliland’s presidential affairs minister, Mohamoudi Hashi Abdi, did his best in Riyadh on Feb. 23-24 to meet with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. However, Farmajo refused any meeting with the envoy of outgoing Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, a k a Silanyo whose mission was to try to swing Farmajo in favor of building an Emirati military base in Berbera (ION 1445). The effort was doomed because Farmajo had come to Riyadh to seek Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud’s support in making it clear to the United Arab Emirates that he was opposed to the UAE setting up the base. Elsewhere, the Somaliland diaspora organized a demonstration against that initiative before the Emirati embassy in London on March 2. https://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics--power/2017/03/10/silanyo-s-emirati-military-base-a-non-starter,108225480-ART Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holac Posted April 28, 2017 Good news. We don't need every little pocket of Somalia becoming a proxy base for different countries. Somali people need economic development, not military bases. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
