SOMALIA SAYS US IS A GOOD FRIEND

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Somalia says US is a good friend

Somaliweyn Media Center (SMC) Somali's interim government said US has took step forward for restoring peace in the war-torn Somalia after requesting more then $60M to fund the deployment of African forces in to the east African country.
The United States government is seeking an additional 60 million U.S. dollars from Congress to fund the 8,000 peacekeeping force and development efforts in the war ravaged Somalia, a U.S. official said Friday.

Modobe Nunow, the information minister of western-backed government termed the step as effort Washington tries help the Somali people to live enjoy and better life.

"America is a good friend for Somalia" he said adding his government will never for get Washington's efforts and ha sympathy for that, as the US the only country so far contributed financial package for the upcoming forces.

Nunow told SMC Washington has pledged to finance efforts to stabilize Somalia, with an initial pledge to provide 14 million dollars for peacekeeping operations through the African Union.

The newly appointed information minister also said in his interview with SMC that Washington has been encouraging the newly ensconced transitional government to expand its support base by bringing all Somali parties.

U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger said the funds would be in addition to 40 million dollars pledged last month to support Somalia's efforts to restore stability in the Horn of African nation.

"We are seeking additional 60 million dollars from the Congress to facilitate the deployment of the African Union stabilization force and also promote national reconciliation in Somalia," Ranneberger told journalists in Nairobi.

"The deployment of this stabilization force will help create the conditions of the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia. We expect the African forces to be in Somalia in the next few days, "he said. Since Ethiopian-backed transitional government troops seized the capital Mogadishu from Islamist fighters, the government has moved slowly to fill the security vacuum.

The United Nations, Washington and AU all want to deploy African peacekeepers to stop Somalia from returning to the clan- based violence and anarchy that has characterized the country since 1991 when warlords overthrew a dictator and then turned on each other.

But no country was likely to send peacekeepers into Somalia while there are fighting, which has continued sporadically since the government took over Mogadishu.

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