Turkey is working bringing Somalia and Kenya for negotiation; Is this worthy for us?

[bashe19]

ANKARA (HOL) - Turkey is working on bringing Somalia and Kenya to the negotiating table on the ongoing maritime row even as the case enters the home stretch at the International Court of Justice, HOL has learnt.

HOL has learnt that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu will be visiting Kenya and Somalia early next month where he’s expected to engage Presidents Mohamed Farmaajo and Uhuru Kenyatta both of whom have had icy relations in recent months.

According to sources privy to the new fresh diplomatic forays, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is keen on the two countries striking an amicable solution on the maritime case which has been the main source of disputes between the two countries for a better part of Farmaajo’s term.

Ankara sees itself leveraging on good relations between Somalia and Kenya as it trades with the two countries and considers them a pedestal to bolstering its influence not only in the East and Horn of Africa region but the continent at large, sources said.

The International Court of Justice threw out Kenya’s prayers last month for a fourth-time delay of the case and ruled it resumes on March 15. It is expected to conclude the case this year and issue a ruling which is binding and not appealable.

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The sour relations between Mogadishu and Nairobi in recent weeks which have seen a collapse in diplomatic relations will also form part of Çavusoglu’s agenda in the region.

The two countries have had rocky relations in the last two years culminating in the breakup of ties last November. Somalia expelled Kenya’s ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo in November and kicked out all diplomatic staff my mid-December over what the Farmaajo administration said was continued interference with his country’s internal affairs.

Nairobi has maintained innocence and the regional bloc IGAD cleared it of wrongdoing following a fact-finding mission in January. Mogadishu dismissed the report as bias and done on the bidding of Kenya.

It is not however clear how Turkey intends to circumvent the ongoing political turmoil in Mogadishu which has seen Farmaajo come under intense pressure from the opposition and a section of Federal Member States. His term lapsed on February 8 and the opposition has demanded he hands over power to a caretaker Transitional Council.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been influential in Somali’s reconstruction process especially in rebuilding the country’s economy and the military has sought to stand out among a host of western powers including the US, EU and UK which have maintained a strong grip of the Horn of Africa nation through hard power instruments such as the Security Council and financial muscle.

Turkey has also made inroads in Kenya through trade and military hardware supplies.

[gobdoon]

You don't negotiate with what's yours historically with a fraudulent claimer
Under no circumstances Somali waters and land should be under negotiations
So two fingers to Kenya funk off and all