Feisal L Sharif in Unprecedented DiscusionsBy: Yusuf M HasanDUBAI (Somalilandsun) – Discussions pertaining to proposed Somalia-Somaliland talks were held in Dubai.
Leader of the UCID political party Hon Feisal Ali Warabe and the president of the Somali Transitional Federal Government-TFG Sheikh Sharif held unprecedented discussions in Dubai. The talks between the two leaders centred on the proposed Somalia-Somaliland talks.
According to Feisal Ali Warabe the discussions came after the Somali ambassador to the UAE, who is a personal friend of the UCID leader, made the arrangements thus an unprecedented face to face meeting between a TFG and Somaliland leader.
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Our discussions were centred on the proposed talks to solve standing differences between our two brotherly countries" Said Mr. Warabe
The talks which were planned during the February London Conference on Somalia are in peril following the withdrawal of Somaliland. According to the minister of foreign affairs Dr Mohamed Abdilahi Omar Somaliland decided to withdraw after the TFG leader appointed to his talk's committee two officials from the Puntland autonomous region of Somalia. The two are actually Somalilanders who owe allegiance to Somalia.
The UCID leader said his authority to hold discussions with the TFG leader were as a result of his position as a leader of an official opposition political party. He further stressed on the importance of establishing trust between the two countries thus a binding conclusion to decades long differences which led to the civil war of the 80's and subsequent dissolution of the voluntary union between the two in 1991.
Hon Warabe said that though many Somalilanders are against the talks it is imperative that they be held not only to satisfy the international community that sponsored them but to settle the standing differences existing. He stressed that the failure to engage with Somalia will prolong the quest for recognition.
Reactions to the meeting are awaited from all quarters but the most anticipated is the one from the administration which on having jumpstarted the talks when President Silanyo appointed a five member technical committee made an about a fortnight later by announcing withdrawal.
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