Mogadishu (PP Information Desk) — The Director of the Mogadishu-based Heritage Institute for Coverage Research Mr Mursal Saney yesterday denied that the assume tank promotes Somaliland as a seperste entity. “The theme for Heritage Institute Annual Confrence was the Somali language however the conflict between SSC and Somaliland forces prompted a thematic change to emphasize peace-making and reconciliation amongst Somalis. So we sought enter from President Ismail Guelleh of Djibouti. We now have been accused of selling talks with Somaliland as a particular entity [representing the North], however we’ve got not adopted that strategy” stated Saney.
He described the Djibouti summit hosted by President Guelleh as real talks about union, “however abruptly Somalia confronted a deadly assault on its sovereignty following the maritime Memorandum of Understanding signed in Addis Ababa. The change of state of affairs precipitates a change of terminology. We not name Somaliland. We name it the administration of the North West-Somaliland”.
Shortly after the Djibouti summit President of the Administration of North West-Somaliland Muse Bihi flew to Ethiopia and signed an unlawful maritime Memorandum of Understanding with Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Upon return to Mogadishu the Federal Authorities of Somalia’s delegation celebrated Djibouti settlement as optimistic consequence for consolidating the union.
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