Somaliland: Striving for Better Arab Relations

[Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah]

Somaliland: Striving for Better Arab Relations
2007-03-15


Below is an article published by Awdal News Network:

Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa agreed to send a high-ranking delegation to Somaliland to end Somaliland’s isolation in the Arab world.

Somaliland’s Foreign Minister Abdillahi Duale said Mousa made the pledge in a meeting with him at African Summit in Addis Ababa early 2007.

In a telephone conversation with Awdalnews Network, Duale said that Somaliland had briefed Mousa on the situation of the country and on Somaliland’s irreversible decision on its secession from Somalia.

“We felt a new and positive attitude from the Arab League and we expressed our interest to break the ice in the frozen relations between our country and Arab countries,” he said, noting that Mousa saw the need to initiate a dialogue between Somaliland and the Arabs.

Somaliland, a former British Protectorate that had declared itself independent from Somalia in 1991, accuses Arab states of blocking its attempts to win African support for its case.

“We briefed Mousa on the irreparable damage that the continued Arab hostilities to Somaliland in the African Union conferences can do to Somaliland people’s historical ties with the Arab world,” Duale said, affirming the Secretary General’s consent to soften the Arab stance towards Somaliland, particularly Arab-African states such as Egypt and Sudan.

He urged Arab League to normalize trade relations with Somaliland, referring to a seven-year Saudi Arabian ban on the import of Somaliland livestock, which had a crippling effect on the country’s economy as livestock constituted the mainstay of Somaliland’s economy.

Duale also met with Arab League Rerpresentative [Representative] in AU earlier this week in Addis Ababa. The Arab League official also made a courtesy call on President Dahir Riyale Kahin during his stopoever [stop over] in Addis Ababa on his way home from Ghana.

The President and Minister Duale both stressed the need for the Arab League official to follow up the Secretary General's promise to enegage [engage] with Somaliland.

Duale who was a member of Somaliland delegation led by President Dahir Riyale Kahin that had participated in Ghana’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.


“Ghana, which is current Chairman of the AU, has given full Presidential treatment to the Somaliland President who attended all functions alongside other African leaders,” Duale said.

Duale said that the AU’s Peace and Security Council would discuss Somaliland’s case during its upcoming meeting.



Source
Awdal News Network

[qadafi83]

IF (read IF) somaliland gets recognized will they join the arab league?

[Dhaga Bacayl]

[quote="qadafi83"]IF (read IF) somaliland gets recognized will they join the arab league?[/quote]


For political reasons why not?

Somalia joined the Arab league because of Somaliland leaders. They are the ones who advocated to begin with.

[gurey25]

screw those good for nothin arabs.

[e!]

We should not join that league, its useless...we can just have diplomatic ties with them.

[Manaking]

Somaliland should not join this useless arab club unless for money milking .
We should connect ties with India , China , Indonesia , Malaysia , Australia . South Korea .
However there are two candidates that are also interested in friendship with Somaliland.
Taiwan and Japan ... but because of politics it can be difficult.
So I choose South Korea and China over them.

These countries are our nearest economic hubs we can sign trade deals with great benefit.
Already we are connected with them secretely .

[Ina Baxar]

quote-->"Somaliland should not join this useless arab club unless for money milking "

Money milking? That's typical somaali murku dawarsanayo , moodaya inu dad soo dhacay.
Somaliland doesn't BEG nobody !!

[gurey25]

arab league is a bad joke,

we should not associate ourselves with those losers.

ironically somaliland is the most ärab part of somalia and contains most of its arabic speakers

[Manaking]

okay guys

no membership .

[Ina Baxar]

Whaaaat , gurey don't say that , you're gonna piss off the Al Jabertis , waa madaxweynihi dhanna ee Somalia oo dhul carbeed marku tago odhanaya "we Daroods are arabs "

[gurey25]

Well at least 300,000 Somalilanders spent a signifigant part of thier lives in Arab countries and speak arabic as fluently as somali if not better.

and if you include the other million or so semi fluent in arabic then we can say we are the most arab part of somalia.

[qadafi83]

been! people in mogadishu iyo banaadirka are the most highly fleunt in arabic, have you heard some of sheikh shariif his speeches?

somalis who speak the least arabic are puntlanders, lol c/yusuf is the first somali president who cant speak arabic at all he used translators when he was in kuwait

c/yusuf was also the only president in the last arabic league summit who couldn't speak arabic what is he doing in the arab club?

[gurey25]

you are talking about the small arab somali minority and those who studies in arab schools in xamar.

and i am talking about asignifigant part of the somaliland population