Puntland republic rejects oil deal by TFG

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Puntland rejects oil deal by Somalia
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By ABDULKADIR KHALIF
Monday, June 23, 2014


Mr Issa Mohamoud Farah alias Dollawaa, the Director General of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petrol for Puntland has rejected an accord entered by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) with two fuel companies, namely Shell and ExxonMobil.
Talking to the BBC Somali Service, Mr Farah reacted to details given by the Somali Director General for Petroleuma and Mineral Resources Farah Abdi Hassan.
While responding to enquiries Mr Hassan had said on Saturday that his administration entered into agreement in The Hague in the Netherlands with Shell and ExxonMobil over oil exploration.
Mr Farah stated on Sunday that the FGS could not unilaterally enter into accords with companies dealing with Somalia’s natural resources such as fuel.
He indicated that his objection derives from the fact that the accord entered between the FGS and the Fuel Companies illustrate that exploration and exploitation include territories controlled by the Puntland authority, a semiautonomous state in North-eastern Somalia.
Mr Farah underlined that his authority had already entered agreements with foreign companies on fuel exploration and exploitation, asserting that it will continue engaging the same companies.
DG Farah also stated that the provisional Constitution of Somalia states that the FGS alone could not unilaterally enter into agreement with companies without the consent of the constituent states.
Source: Daily Nation
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[Khalid Ali]

Good move by Abdiweli u cant allow Mogadishu to sign on your behalf ,, i was wrong on abdiweli i thought he would be pro Mogadishu but he is showing his True Majeerteen colors in the foot steps of Faroole playing hard ball with Mogadishu

[original dervish]

so why doesn't the govt enter into a dialogue with the regions?
I don't see why Hassan sheikh has always got to be dragged kicking and screaming into conciliatory talks with the regions.

No doubt the parties will be summoned to a foreign capital and told to behave themselves.
Hassan Sheikh will emerge.....grinning like a demented clown.