 (KUNA) -- The Arab League Secretary Amr Moussa said Wednesday that the Arab-Somali committee meeting in Sudan is to support the Somali government and to exhibit the Arab League's stepping up to the plate to take part in resolving regional crises.
Moussa, accompanied by a delegation, was speaking to reporters before heading to Khartoum to attend the committee meetings which will start tomorrow headed by Sudanese president Omar Baashir and Somalia president along with high ranking officials from Somalia. Moussa indicated that the committee will look into the deteriorating situation in Somalia and ways to entice various parties to return to dialogue. The committee will also seek ways to support the Somali government.
| Until the wind changes, of course... |
Samir Hosni, a member of Moussa's delegation who is director of African affairs at the Arab League, said the meeting will be attended by 11 Arab countries which will be discussing Arab response to the Somali situation and ways of achieving security and stability in the country.
| I'd suggest tearing it down and building a new country. Put Somalia where Upper Volta and Dahomey are and replace it with something else. You really couldn't do much worse... |
|