MOGADISHU, Somalia – The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh has thanked the leaders of the IGAD member states for his or her function in lifting the arms embargo on his nation.
Talking on the IGAD summit in Djibouti on Saturday, President Hassan Sheikh stated that Somalia championed lifting the arms embargo with the help of accomplice nations.
“I thank the members of the IGAD counties for his or her help in lifting the arms embargo on Somalia and our request for inclusion within the East African Group, measures that testify to our efforts to make sure a secure and progressive Somalia,” he stated.
As well as, IGAD performed a serious function in Somalia’s becoming a member of the East African Group [EAC] to get entry to enterprise alternatives and social integration of the regional bloc.
Final week, Somalia joined the East African Group, a milestone that testifies to Hassan Sheikh’s efforts to make sure a secure and progressive Somalia, stood once more on its ft.
On December 1, 2023, the UN Safety Council lifted the arms embargo imposed on Somalia in January 1992, a yr after the autumn of the ouster of the navy ruler Mohamed Siad Barre who seized energy in October 1969.
The 15-member physique adopted two British-drafted resolutions: one to take away the total arms embargo on Somalia and one other to reimpose an arms embargo on al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants.
Somalia’s authorities had lengthy requested for the arms embargo to be eliminated so it may beef up its forces to tackle the militants. The Safety Council started to partially begin lifting measures on Somalia’s safety forces in 2013.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stated final week that Somalia has one yr to expel al-Shabab, with the deadline for remaining African Union peacekeepers to go away looming in December 2024.
