He said that the UN sponsored meeting for Somali transitional federal government, regional and small self-styled administrations will bring about destructive results on the Djibouti peace process.
| Source: | (AHN) | Reporter: | Abdi Hajji Hussein |
| Location: | Djibouti, Djibouti | Published: | March 31, 2011 09:48 am EDT |
| Topics: | Politics, Diplomacy, Summit, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Crisis | ||
As the United Nations plans to gather Somali political factions for a meeting in neighboring Kenya, the Djibouti government is already casting doubt on the outcome.
Hamoud Abdi Sultan, Djibouti's minister for religious affairs, indicated that the U.N.-organized conference, which will take place in Nairobi, will rekindle the current protected conflict and civil war in the horn of Africa nation.
Invited to the meeting are representatives of Somalia's transitional federal government (TFG) as well as regional and small self-styled administrations.
“I think it is not good to compare between Somali interim federal government and regional and small autonomous administrations. TFG is agreed upon by all Somali people and must be launching point instead to do another Somali national reconciliation conference,” Sultan explained.
He said the meeting would have destructive results on the Djibouti peace process.
The statement comes as Augustine Mahiga, UN special representative for Somalia, paid visits to Mogadishu, Puntland and Somaliland to invite them to attend the conference.
In 2000, Djibouti hosted a major reconciliation conference, which resulted in creation of the Transitional National Government with a three-year mandate to pursue national reconciliation and Abdikassim Salad Hassan was elected president of Somalia. In early 2002, Kenya organized a further reconciliation effort under Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) auspices.
On Oct. 10, 2004, the transitional federal parliament elected Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, president of Puntland, to be the next president and formed a new transitional federal government. Because of the situation in Mogadishu, the election was held in a sports center in Nairobi. The government located for a time to Baidoa. It has suffered internal crises, such as ministers quitting and a no confidence vote, but has survived.
In January 2009, the former chairman of the Islamic Courts Union movement, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, was elected president of Somalia in the second round of balloting held in the capital of neighboring Djibouti.
Somalia has not had any functioning central rule since 1991, when military dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown by Somali warlords. Several attempts to establish a central government have failed.
Hamoud Abdi Sultan, Djibouti's minister for religious affairs, indicated that the U.N.-organized conference, which will take place in Nairobi, will rekindle the current protected conflict and civil war in the horn of Africa nation.Invited to the meeting are representatives of Somalia's transitional federal government (TFG) as well as regional and small self-styled administrations.
“I think it is not good to compare between Somali interim federal government and regional and small autonomous administrations. TFG is agreed upon by all Somali people and must be launching point instead to do another Somali national reconciliation conference,” Sultan explained.
He said the meeting would have destructive results on the Djibouti peace process.
The statement comes as Augustine Mahiga, UN special representative for Somalia, paid visits to Mogadishu, Puntland and Somaliland to invite them to attend the conference.
In 2000, Djibouti hosted a major reconciliation conference, which resulted in creation of the Transitional National Government with a three-year mandate to pursue national reconciliation and Abdikassim Salad Hassan was elected president of Somalia. In early 2002, Kenya organized a further reconciliation effort under Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) auspices.
On Oct. 10, 2004, the transitional federal parliament elected Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, president of Puntland, to be the next president and formed a new transitional federal government. Because of the situation in Mogadishu, the election was held in a sports center in Nairobi. The government located for a time to Baidoa. It has suffered internal crises, such as ministers quitting and a no confidence vote, but has survived.
In January 2009, the former chairman of the Islamic Courts Union movement, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, was elected president of Somalia in the second round of balloting held in the capital of neighboring Djibouti.
Somalia has not had any functioning central rule since 1991, when military dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown by Somali warlords. Several attempts to establish a central government have failed.
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