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Somaliland won't attend Brussels Conference
Garowe, Somalia -- Somalias separatist region of Somaliland has rejected to attend the upcoming New Deal conference for reconstruction and development of Somalia which is due to take place in Brussels on 16 of September on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports.Speaking on BBC Somali Service, Somalilands Foreign Minister Mohamed Bihi Yonis said Somaliland previously informed EU officials that Somaliland is willing to attend Brussels Conference with its own name since Somalia and Somaliland are two separate administrations. The priorities of Mogadishu government and Somaliland are quite different, for instance our needs arent similar but we [Somaliland] will welcome any support to develop our initiatives, added Mr. Yonis. He noted that Somaliland is in talks with the Somali Federal Government in Mogadishu and that Somaliland is in a better position to gain the regions long awaited recognition. Puntland previously declared that it will attend Brussels Conference with its own name and status and if the states priorities are incorporated into the New Deal Conference agendas. Puntland and in part of a bitter feud between both sides; they fought sporadic territorial conflicts over the control of Sool and Sanaag regions for over a decade. Posted by: Steve White 2013-08-15 |
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