Somalia: Deputy PM hopes Federal Govt-Somaliland talks to resume
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- Posted On 07-10-2015, 06:47PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 7, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Federal Government of Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Arte said, he is hopeful about the resumption of bilateral talks between UN-backed national government and Somaliland’s separatist administration.
He had remarked this while he was speaking on state-run station, Radio Mogadishu, a few months after talks ended in failure over disputes centering around the status of delegates.
Turkish government has been brokering dialogue in hopes that both sides would arrive to consensus, mainly on Somaliland’s bid for independence.
“Actually, the talks will be kicked off soon. In 1960, when [the protectorates] merged, it was a good beginning and we wish that the dialogue would unite Somalis again,” Arte said.
Somaliland has not eased its insistence of talks sans Somaliland-born representatives in Somali federal government delegation.
Somaliland, located in northwestern Somalia declared its independence from the rest of the country as de facto sovereign state in 1991 but it has not been recognized internationally yet.
GAROWE ONLINE
