like i said the tfg needs a goverment change, this is a great step forward. sheikh sharif sheikh axmed for president
Somalia: The Islamic Courts are now able to announce a government--Islamist
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 14, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) – The Islamist delegation led by Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, Islamic Courts chairman and Ibrahim Adow, foreign affairs chairman of Islamic Courts explained their meeting with Yemeni authorities in the capital Sana.
Prof. Ibrahim Adow
Ibrahim Hassan Adow, who spoke with Shabelle radio in Mogadishu by the telephone, said they have convened with Yemen president Ali Abadalla Salah over the mounting crises in Somalia.
He denied rumors that government officials and Islamists were due to negotiate in Sana. “I want to make one thing clear the government and the Islamic Courts are never planning to open negotiations here in Yemen,” he stressed.
He pointed out Islamists were not prepared to talk with the Ethiopian government as long as it military forces are in Somalia.
“We will talk with the Ethiopians if it withdraws all its combatant troops from Somalia if it wants peaceful dialog with us,” he said,
He added, “The Islamic Courts are now able to announce a government because we administer the capital and most strategic provinces in central and southern Somalia, but however we are still ready to negotiate with transitional government based in Baidoa.”
Yemen president and the Islamists delegation also focused on the Somali migrants crossing the Red Sea by impoverished boats as more Somalis lost their lives during adventurous voyage.
Ethiopia that is accused of having thousands of troops in Somalia denies the accusations, admitting it only has several hundred military trainers and advisors that it said came to Somalia with the request of Somali transitional government.
