All the major powers have bilateral relations with Somalia and they have their embassies in Mogadishu.
Name one major power block that even contemplates dealing with Somaliland
China, Russia, EU, arab leaguge, AU, IGAD or Latin america
These talks are window dressing; the actual reality is that the talks are part of bigger picture, namely state formation and federalism in Somalia.
As Somalia improves its diplomatic leverage increases, basically Turkey, AU, EU, America and the arabs are doing Somalia`s bidding.
Somaliland has no leverage over Somalia, all they can say is, we won’t` unite, well, Somalia doesn`t care what Somaliland thinks because legally Somalia is one and Somaliland would be reduced to Pakistan’s tribal province.
Somaliland had chance in 1991 with the end of the cold war and the only reason Somaliland question persist is because of Ethiopia.
The entire Somaliland case makes sense from Ethiopian strategic view.
Ethiopia would want a buffer state within the somali political enragement that it exercises suzerainty over .
Ethiopia would never want another sovereign somali state in horn of Africa.
I made a thread about this few years back
Typhoon » Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:52 am
Historically Somaliland was part of axum and Abyssinia on and of throughout history
And Somaliland has been very close and even to close at at times wich irked natives somalilanders
The anti Somali sentiment in wagooyi is a manufacturered sentiment that is part of greater hegemonic struggle for the soul of the people of Somaliland…somalinimo is out
There is a reason why Ethiopia will always want to control the Somaliland region weather somalilanders like it or not and they need to learn to live with Ethiopian strategic security concerns
In hargeisa learning Amharic is very popular and anything Somali is held in disdained..it went from xamar ma rabno to wilka adis ababa deggen ba ii higa---hegemony isa slow process
With Ethiopia growing so rapidly, south Somalis will be forced to recognize their interest and that is: we lost northern regions to ethiopia
Somaliland will never be a country just like palestine will never be a militarised state capable of defending itself against Israel
Ethiopia having a state in its invasion route is like having a nuclear bomb aimed at your country, your will always be at the mercy of outside powers
Somaliland should never have been incorporation into Somalia, for fok sake adal sultanate was decimated because it geographic predisposition of course Ethiopians want to controll anything near it Achilles heel , djoubuti got lucky because bab el mandeb and the world would not allow Ethiopia to control djoubuti
south somalia should use somaliland as leverage to get defensible borders---master strategist know what I mean
another thread few years back
you see bro, difference between me and you is, ethiopia is not a treat to me nor does it want my land, Ethiopians historic aim was always access to the sea, the nearest acces to the sea in terms ofEthiopian highland is in north western somalia.
here is a emperor menilik outlining his policy
"Towards the east are included within the frontier the country of the Borana Gallas and Arussi country up to the limits of the Somalis, including also the Province of Ogaden .
To the northward the line of the frontier includes the Habar Awal, the Gadabursi, and Essa Somalis , and reaches Ambos"
Formerly the boundary of Ethiopia was the sea. Having lacked strength sufficient, and having received no help from Christian Powers, our frontier on the sea coast fell into the power of the Muslim-man.
At present we do not intend to regain our sea frontier by force, but we trust that the Christian Power, guided by our Saviour, will restore to us our sea-coast line, at any rate, certain points on the coast .
f you look at the map you will see why Ethiopian always valued your land, infect when Ethiopians say Somalis were part of abyssinia, there is some trut to it because the isaaq terrotory used to come under Abyssinian Ethiopian rule from time to time.
ethiopian where always ready for land for land deal
1- The Ethiopians came up with a proposal that if a corridor to the sea , to the port of Zeila in British Somaliland, could be given to Ethiopia , they would in turn , be prepared to cede to British Somaliland part of the Ogaden in exchange . They said that Ethiopia was ready to convene a conference on Lake Tana and to have a Boundary Commission
Ethiopia would be compelled in the interest of her own self-preservation to build up armed forces with funds she would otherwise devote to the progress of the people of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland
that why you where running towards koonfur in 1960 because you knew brittian didn`t build you a state nor a millitry force and brittian moved british somaliland capital from berbera to hargeisa a indefensible erea from ethiopian garrisons in jijiga, infact Great Britain put idoor on a plate for Ethiopians to grap, just like ethiopian were allowed to annex eritrea in the 50s.
the reason you somalilanders where running towards koonfur was never out of love but out of self preservation, but time have changed koonfur is making grand bargain deals with ethiopia
