By: Yusuf M HasanHARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – Cordial relations between Djibouti and Somaliland have turned sour in a span of 24 hours.
The president H.E. Ahmed Mahmoud Silanyo has dispatched his interior Minister Hon Mohamed Nuur Arale "Duur" Djibouti in a bid to mollify Djiboutian authorities thus mend cordial relations between the two countries.
The Djibouti authorities are reported to be incensed by the entry refusal to two of their ministers by Somaliland immigration officials based at the Salal border point between the two countries. The two ministers were refused entry and forced to return back to their country by the immigration officers who were acting on the orders of the interior minister.
The immediate dispatch of Hon Duur who left in the afternoon is a clear indication of the seriousness of the incidence which seems to have embarrassed the Djiboutians thus the urgent relations fence mending mission by Silanyo's minister of interior, ironically the one responsible for the mishap
President Silanyo who inherited lackluster relations with Djibouti has in the span of two years in office has managed to establish very conducive and cordial diplomatic relations which have created commercial opportunities for all.
At the same time, unregulated inter-border movement by citizens from the two countries is a normal activity for the many Somalilanders of Djiboutian origin and vice versa. It is therefore hoped that the Duur fence mending mission will succeed thus return things back to normal
While the Djibouti authorities have so far not reacted overtly to the incidence, the Duur mission is an overt indication that covert communication has transpired within the duration following the border incident and the Duur departure.
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