Somalia government to delay the reconciliation convention
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 30, May.07 ( Sh.M.Network) The Somali government revealed yesterday that it might be possible to delay the upcoming national reconciliation conference for the third time.
Somalia interior minister, Mohammed Mohamoud Gamo Dheere, said because of lack of enough funding for the reconciliation conference, there might come the possibility of postponing it once again, according to the Arabic Asharqalawsat based in Britain.
He said the Arab world and international community should be put their shoulder to the wheels to enable the transitional government to hold the conference.
“Without an international assistance, Somalia can not establish a reconciliation process,” he said.
The minister reiterated that the delay would not be caused by the current security situation in the capital where the conference is supposed to be held. “In accordance with security, I believe the government can handle but it is lack of finance that may spark the encumbering,” he said.
He urged the Arab countries to appoint their ambassadors to Somalia. “Because we need to figure out how the Arab courtiers were determined to play positive roles in resolving the crises in Somalia,” he said.
Several bomb attacks have been launched on Somalia and foreign troops in the country since the Ethiopian backed interim government seized Islamic insurgents’ strongholds in north of the capital late last month.
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