DOHA – the Arab foreign ministers have held meeting in the Qatari capital Doha and discussed more on the Somali matters overnight, official said on Sunday.
Abu Baker Al Qirbi, a Yemeni foreign minister talked more about Somalia and suggested for the Arab countries in the meeting to give the Somali government $3 million each month as support of the Arab countries.
Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, a finance minister of the Somali government who attended the meeting in Doha said that his government wants to be supported a budget which the Arab countries are required to play good role for the development of Somali government.
Nevertheless reports say that the secretary general of Arab league Mr. Amir Musa say more on Somalia but did not talk about the matters relating on the foreign troops specially the African peacekeepers in the Somali capital Mogadishu saying that the role of the Arab countries on that issue is a one which they will discuss as to be part of the peace keeping and the security of Somalia.
The Arab foreign ministers did not agree any issue about Somalia yet but they had agreed to support the Somalia government saying that they lastly submitted the decision to the Qatari prince who is expected to present the issue to the Arab heads those ate expected to attend a meeting that is due to be in held in the Qatari capital Doha today.
Reports say that the Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed is planning to fly to Qatar and due to be part of the Arab heads attending the meeting in Doha city which will be opened there.
Some the Somali government officials condemned the Arab countries that they don not support Somalia as they support the other countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine saying that the support of the Arab countries for Somalia is an oral only.
The Arab leaders had met in the Algerian capital Algiers before two years as Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was the president of the Somali transitional government and agreed to support $26 million but the government officials said that it was not paid and pointed out that is was a promise only.
Anyhow it is unclear yet how today’s meeting of the Arab leaders will be held in Doha and what results will come out from it.
