Khalid Ali wrote:skywalker koonfur might have been crazy during the civil war but remember, somalia is the only that has good relations with their neighbours and the international community we are getting our mojo back
this real diplomacy, war and peace not provincial governance dude
Thats not true Somalia has no good relations with Ethiopia and Kenya , Ethiopia wishes to create more regional clan enclaves that work with them the central government tries to appease Ethiopia and doesnt flirt with the Arabs accept when its placing its begging Bowl. The Kenyans want to build a major wall in between Somalia and Kenya.. The kenyans see Somalia as a threat a major threat to their stability their economic industries. Diplomacy is more than just pictures with Foreign leaders , its the real work the real relations behind the curtains. Cabdilahi Yusuf used to meat them and so did Cabdiqasim salaad xassan. Somalia hasnt moved an inch closer to stabilization nor has it a functioning organic state that works on the ground and the diplomacy and the legitimacy has solely came from the Americans and the Europeans
common now, are you really serious
ethiopia and kenya can have influence in somali regions, somalia is federal, nobody minds that.
kenya is building wall against al shabab and we support that given there the traditional border crossing like belex xawo(

good for business and taxation)
khalid the relations between ethiopia kenya and somalia has enetered a paradigm shift
as for kenya, we might as well call their state house villa ogadeen.
khalid the basis of somali progress is tireless diplomacy and institution building, we don`t bothered with liberalism democracy iyo waxa iskugu shekaysin
we have become independent from the predator NGOs relations that you consider as diplomatic partners worthy of diplomatic protection
ethiopia prime minister was in somalia for the inauguration of hassan sheik mahamoud if that is not good relations with ethiopia I don`t know what is.
ethiopian odliers are dying for somalia, for what? they understand our instability is their economic stagnation
the core state institution are ready now the regional state are being build, hawiye and daarod are working together and raxaxayn is managing and building the federal parliament institution.
]our security apparatus is functioning and working alongside international partners (much appriciated by our western partners)
our parliamentary committees are ready our civil service is operational, our embassies are functioning and we have monetary policy and our central bank is connected to the international financial network
we have foreign diplomatic core based in mogadishu with their embassy and global hyper power U.S.A is comming back to mogadishu after 20 years, no diplomacy you say, I beg to differ sir
common khalid, you seem so petty by denying reality
khalid idoorka had a opportunity but they could not transcend their obvious drawback, which is tribalism and provincialism
I believe if you were running somaliland you would have approached things total different