(SomaliNet) The UN envoy to Somalia Francois Lonseny Fal said on Monday that he was more hopeful to continue Somali peace talks ahead after having crucial meeting with senior officials of Islamic Courts in the capital. During his one day visit in Mogadishu, Mr. Fall had close doors meeting the leaders of Shura Council of Islamic Courts particular with Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of Islamic Courts. After the meeting Mr. Fall and Sheik Aweys held a joint news conference inside the headquarters of the Islamic courts. Mr. Fall told the reporters in the capital that the discussion with the Islamic leadership was positive and successful. "Our meeting with the Islamic courts was fruitful and it in fact has raised our hope that they would continue talks with the transitional government," Mr. Fall said while answering questions asked by the reporters at the main Islamist headquarter in north of Mogadishu.
Shortly after the press conference, François Fall and his delegation flew back to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Earlier, Mr. Fall expressed that he was hopeful that both Somalia rivals would resume talks in Sudan in mid December as scheduled. Sheik Aweys told the reporters that he had discussed with the UN envoy over several issues relating to the current political situation in Somalia. "We Islamic Courts told the UN delegation that lifting the embargo on Somalia would cause major conflict in the region, we also indicated to them that the solution might came only when the Ethiopian troops withdrawn from Somalia," Sheik Aweys said adding that the Islamic Courts Union are any time ready to continue talks with the interim government but the world must not keep silent of the Ethiopian aggression.
He said the Islamic Courts made it clear that they totally against the US proposal at the UN in which it wants to lift the embargo.