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Somalia Conference Delayed for 30 days |
2007-06-14 |
(SomaliNet) The chairman of the reconciliation conference in Somalia Ali Mahdi Mohamed announced Wednesday that the meeting which was scheduled to take place on 14 June has been delayed for one month. In a news conference held in Hotel Amana, north of Mogadishu, Mr. Mahdi said his committee put off the timing of the reconciliation meeting for 30 days and it will be held on 15 July. “We did this after we received many requests from the Somali clans who are still busy in selecting the envoys that will represent them to attend the coming national reconciliation conference,” said Ali Mahdi. He also said in his statement that the committee are still preparing the scene allotted for the meeting which is the former police transportation compound in north of Mogadishu where it is under heavy security. Mr. Mahdi said the reconciliation committee took the decision of putting off the meeting to 15 July. It is the third |
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