Ethiopia: No Somaliland recognition, its up to SOMALIA

[Coeus]

Somaliland plans to step up efforts for international recognition on expectations that a referendum on independence in Southern Sudan will aid its campaign for statehood, Foreign Minister Mohamed A Omar said.

The referendum will have a “positive knock-on effect,” Omar said by phone today from the capital, Hargeisa. “We will be using the South Sudan case to take a more aggressive policy to the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.”

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 when a coup sparked civil war. It has never been recognized abroad because the Organization of African Unity ruled in 1964 that post-colonial borders in Africa were inviolable. The break-up of Sudan, Africa’s largest country by area, would be a rare exception to that rule.

Somaliland enhanced its democratic credentials with elections leading to a peaceful transition of power to President Ahmed Mahmoud Silanyo in June. The vote met international standards, according to observers Progressio, a London-based development agency.

Moreover, Somaliland was recognized as an independent state for five days in 1960 before uniting with Somalia, while South Sudan has never been a separate country, Omar said.

“Our case is not a secession, it’s a withdrawal from a union,” he said.

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Neighboring Ethiopia said events in South Sudan wouldn’t lead it to recognize Somaliland. The situation is different to Sudan, as the north agreed to the south’s referendum, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in an interview in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Jan. 15.

Independence is “up to the people of Somalia to decide,” Hailemariam said. “The decision cannot come from outside, it can only come from within.”

That is unlikely to happen in Somalia because there is no “representative legitimate government in Mogadishu,” Omar said. “This does not give us an opportunity to sit down in a similar situation to the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” he said.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

No sh!t.

[Coeus]

I thought the secessionists were all excited because Siilaanyo received a red carpet at Addis airport? Or that Meles actually came to the front entrance of the presidential palace to welcome him in???

What the secessionists need to know is that all the smoke and mirror shows that they get excited about when their leader visits Djibouti and Ethiopia means nothing when those governments openly state comments against your independence delusions.

[Faranacab]

I thought the secessionists were all excited because Siilaanyo received a red carpet at Addis airport? Or that Meles actually came to the front entrance of the presidential palace to welcome him in???

What the secessionists need to know is that all the smoke and mirror shows that they get excited about when their leader visits Djibouti and Ethiopia means nothing when those governments openly state comments against your independence delusions.

Seems you're looking too much in to it. But fundamentally the recognition and... independence dreams was never beyond entertaining the average man in Hargeysa. At least that is how it sounds now.

[PrinceOfDarwiishLand]

No sh!t.

You didn't get a heart attack, did you?

[kambuli]

Waxaan ka baqayaa inay kan waxbaa Shariif ah la leeyahay siiyaan Laba million oo dollar

[Khalid Ali]

I thought the secessionists were all excited because Siilaanyo received a red carpet at Addis airport? Or that Meles actually came to the front entrance of the presidential palace to welcome him in???

What the secessionists need to know is that all the smoke and mirror shows that they get excited about when their leader visits Djibouti and Ethiopia means nothing when those governments openly state comments against your independence delusions.

Seems you're looking too much in to it. But fundamentally the recognition and... independence dreams was never beyond entertaining the average man in Hargeysa. At least that is how it sounds now.

We take our independence very serious and it's recognition the same way you take your Ogadeniya and onlf struggle with the Ethiopian serious, Somaliland is determined to exist as an independent state. Wether koonfurians like it or not or Ethiopia this just political talk From Ethiopian FM minister. Ethiopia likes the current status of Somaliland not recognized Them having influance in Sl, Somaliland has it's own plans and ways to achieve their goals we have the upper hand in this case Somalia is a failed state and us seeking recognition trough a failed state is something unlikely , But the Ethiopians dont want a strong Somaliland next door right now , it will only trigger more rebels against Ethiopia. something they don't want them losing right now all the shots and influance in the horn by recognizing Sl they are shooting them selfs in the foot , So we shall continue this path of independence and the will of our people shall indeed succeeed inshallah, We fought 30 years for Somaliland we shall continue this path . we have everthing in our country today peace stability progress economic growth infrastructure being built elected president and vice president free education and so on and last but not least our people live in freedom never ever will we be ruled by Others or other places.. We jus't miss that little formality and that shall indeed come at the right time inshallah.

[kambuli]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

[PrinceOfDarwiishLand]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

[Khalid Ali]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

qabil maxay ah adigay wax ka soo guuxaan eeh ma dawadi xaraanta eeh siyaad bare eeh daroodismka eeh qudhunka bad na mooday

[Babygirl-]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

[Coeus]

We take our independence very serious and it's recognition the same way you take your Ogadeniya and onlf struggle with the Ethiopian serious, Somaliland is determined to exist as an independent state. Wether koonfurians like it or not or Ethiopia this just political talk From Ethiopian FM minister. Ethiopia likes the current status of Somaliland not recognized Them having influance in Sl, Somaliland has it's own plans and ways to achieve their goals we have the upper hand in this case Somalia is a failed state and us seeking recognition trough a failed state is something unlikely , But the Ethiopians dont want a strong Somaliland next door right now , it will only trigger more rebels against Ethiopia. something they don't want them losing right now all the shots and influance in the horn by recognizing Sl they are shooting them selfs in the foot , So we shall continue this path of independence and the will of our people shall indeed succeeed inshallah, We fought 30 years for Somaliland we shall continue this path . we have everthing in our country today peace stability progress economic growth infrastructure being built elected president and vice president free education and so on and last but not least our people live in freedom never ever will we be ruled by Others or other places.. We jus't miss that little formality and that shall indeed come at the right time inshallah.

Waryaa we all have been saying this all the time, nobody will secede and weaken Somalia.

[Coeus]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

[PrinceOfDarwiishLand]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

qabil maxay ah adigay wax ka soo guuxaan eeh ma dawadi xaraanta eeh siyaad bare eeh daroodismka eeh qudhunka bad na mooday

Siyaad Barre's government is long gone...it's been 21 years ago since that government ruled SOMALIA.


Who are you running away from hada?

[Coeus]

Waar meel naga fadhiiso qabiil dawlad ah lama arage

qabil maxay ah adigay wax ka soo guuxaan eeh ma dawadi xaraanta eeh siyaad bare eeh daroodismka eeh qudhunka bad na mooday

Siyaad Barre's government is long gone...it's been 21 years ago since that government ruled SOMALIA.


Who are you running away from hada?