A Step In The Right Direction................

[Somalian_Boqor]

^^^ Puntland financial Minister Speaks with World Leaders.

[Somalian_Boqor]

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Dozens of countries pledged Saturday to help Somalia's fragile government boost its military, wrest back power from Islamist insurgents and combat the piracy plaguing the Horn of Africa nation's waters.

Expressing "full support" for President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and his transitional federal government, they said the "reestablishment, training, equipping, payment and retention of Somali security forces is vital for long-term stability."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who opened the two-day international conference in Istanbul, said Somalia's government was the only barrier to chaos in the war-ravaged nation.

Ban told delegates from 55 nations and 12 international organisations that "the only way to restore stability is to support this government in its reconciliation effort and its fight against extremism."

"If the international community acts now, I think it can make the difference," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100522/wl ... 0522204804

[Somalian_Boqor]

Somaliweyn – Mohammed Omar Hussein

An international conference to discuss the affairs of the war strife country Somalia has on Friday started at Istanbul in Turkey.

The President of Somalia Shariff Sheikh Ahmed has taken a crucial meeting with his counterpart in Turkey Mr. Abdullah Gul.

Among the other Somali officials who have attended at Istanbul conference is the President of the semiautonomous state of Puntland in eastern Somalia, the trade tycoons from the United Arab Emirates, Europe and America.

There more than 50 heads of states that have attended at the international conference which its focal point will be how to salvage the sinking African country (Somalia).

The highest man sited on the seats in hall were the conference is taking place is the United Nations secretary General Mr. Ban ki-moon, flanked by the United Nations special representative for Somalia Mr. Ahmed Olud Abdalla.

Mr. Ahmed Olud Abdalla has urged the Somali traders to take vital role in achieving peace and stability in the country and to show the international community that the issue of Somalia is not only war, but needs the development of the trade in the country.

Prior to the official meeting there was another meeting which the international head of states have attended and during this meeting the press was not allowed to have access in the hall where the meeting was persisting, the officials from Somalia where not invited in that meeting with the exception of the Minister for Education in the Somali transitional federal government Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Omaar, and according to source close to the meeting the gist of the meeting was the current situation of the war torn country Somalia.

The second phase of the meeting has commenced today the 22nd of May 2010, and it was officially opened by the United Nations Secretary Mr. Ban ki-moon, and the Prime Minister of Turkey Mr. Erdogan.

Mohammed Omar Hussein+2521-5519235 shiinetown@hotmail.com

Maxamuud Axmed Xasan ( Xuurshe)
xuurshe114@hotmail.com
Muqdisho-Somalia
Tel:002521-5573321
0025250-995088

http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/Ma ... May20.html

[Somalian_Boqor]

Puntland an equal partner of the TFG on the World stage and a more powerful entity at home.

[anilweyne]

We've been reading and hearing all this Somalia's fairytale of peace process......let count
this is the 25th since 1991.
what's magic this time that things are in "the right direction"?

[Shirib]

Didn't see Aweys, Godane, Mansuur or anyone else worth of note, so that conference is absolutely pointless

[anilweyne]

^^
see I was right.