MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – In a gathering in Addis Ababa on Friday, Jubaland Vice President Mohamud Sayid Adan and Ethiopian Military Commander Birhanu Jula held talks centered on addressing urgent safety points in Somalia’s Gedo area, approaching the heels of a latest settlement between Somalia and Ethiopia to fortify their mutual respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and nationwide unity.
This week, Jubaland Vice President Mohamud Sayid Adan was flown from Kismayo to Ethiopia aboard an Ethiopian navy jet, a transfer that has been vehemently condemned by the Somali authorities, which additionally accused Ethiopia of concurrently sending two planes laden with weapons to land in Kismayo.
Whereas the discussions between Adan and Jula centered on the Somali authorities’s operations in Gedo and Decrease Juba areas, ostensibly aimed toward ousting Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe, the total specifics of the talks stay undisclosed.
Adan, a long-time ally of Ethiopia and a central determine in its extended navy presence in Gedo, is extensively regarded by many Somalis as Addis Ababa’s chief proxy, and has just lately engaged in ongoing consultations with Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Somalia concerning the escalating energy wrestle between Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe and the federal authorities, in line with Caasimada On-line information web site.
It stays unsure how the federal authorities, which views regional officers participating in overseas conferences to debate bilateral safety and diplomatic issues as a problem to the nation’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity, will reply to the transfer, particularly following the latest joint declaration in Turkey by Ethiopia and Somalia to uphold mutual respect for one another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and nationwide unity.
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