Somalia Pm : EU and U.S. seem to fail the country's reconciliation conference
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 18, July.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- Somalia's premier, Ali Mohammed Gedi, warned Wednesday that his country's national reconciliation conference could fail because of lack financial support from donor countries like the United States and the European Union.
The Arabic Asharqalawsat online newspaper reported Wednesday that Mr. Gedi indicated that the United States and the European Union were ignoring the reality of lack of funding, Somalia's reconciliation conference might fail.
He said the donor countries that pledged funding the congress fell short to fulfill their promises, specifying that many of the clan elders who were supposed to travel from the country's provinces could not reach the venue of the congress because they had no money to travel by, Asharqalawsat reported.
He said only 900 clan representatives have made their trips to Mogadishu and attended the first day of the conference while 1, 300 were supposed to be present at Somalia's N.R.C.
Gedi finally stressed that the EU and U.S. seem to fail the country's reconciliation conference after more than 16 years of lawlessness and anarchy, the online paper reported.
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