Puntland seeking Union with Somaliland

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Somalia: Puntland seeking union with Somaliland

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Interesting
Monday, April 16, 2001 - 08:32 am
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Somalia: Puntland seeking union with Somaliland
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Apr 15, 2001


Text of report by Somali Puntland newspaper Yool on 15 April

The vice-president of the Puntland regional administration, Mr Muhammad Abdi Hashi, in an interview with the Somali language service of a Canadian radio station in Ottawa city, Canada, has said that the Puntland administration has forwarded a proposal to the government of the self-declared Somaliland, asking for a merger between the two regions.

"We have presented our proposal to Muhammad Ibrahim Egal [Somaliland president] and his government. We told them: Let us talk now, our people are brothers, our economy is integrated. Let us come together and create a union between Puntland and Somaliland, share the cabinet and forward the proposal to the IMF, World Bank and the UN," said honourable Muhammad Abdi Hasan.

"We have high hopes, although we have not yet received any reply," added the vice-president.

Meanwhile, the vice-president has said he would not contest the presidency in the next elections as announced earlier.

Source: Yool, Boosaaso, in Somali 15 Apr 01 p 1

/BBC Monitoring/ © BBC.


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[Metal]

Ah, this should've happened such a long time ago!

I always thought of this as a concept and even planned on posting the idea on a Somali forum, but I thought the backfire (mainly from the Somaliland crowd) would be quite heavy.

So, how did these two come to the tables? Somaliland still wants to secede and with the pressure of oil, Puntland might also want to secede; are they going to hold hands and secede?

[shidow1]

This will be another road block for the somaliland nation.....lol

[Metal]

Amiin.

[Unclebin-]

Somaliland my country

[Advocatar]

2001

[Metal]

Kill me Now.

[shidow1]

Wow.........

[Samatr]

I wouldn't mind if they joined.

[shidow1]

And now we call it Somalilandpuntaland.....

[XidigtaJSL]

Samatar

You wouldn't but the 3.5 Million xalaal Somalilanders would.

Majeertenia is a tribal entity that is of no interest to the Republic of Somaliland and its great citizens, the Mudug desert, the tiny Boosaaso port and the Majeerteen ladies in Hargeisa were not enough to sway Cigaal AUN when he stamped the letter from Bugland with "REJECTED"


Long Live Somaliland

[cabdallah252]

Puntland+Somaliland

a nation of 6 million

[Alchemist]

2001..

[XidigtaJSL]

[quote="cabdallah252"]Puntland+Somaliland

a nation of 6 million [/quote]

Keep on dreaming Dhabayaco, we Somalilanders want nothing to do with your Majeerteenia

[cabdallah252]

[quote="XidigtaJSL"][quote="cabdallah252"]Puntland+Somaliland

a nation of 6 million [/quote]

Keep on dreaming Dhabayaco, we Somalilanders want nothing to do with your Majeerteenia[/quote]


your capital will be bosaso