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The breakaway region of Somaliland said it has no plans to discuss unity with Somalia. This is in an apparent rejection of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s offer to mediate reunification talks between the two entities.
The breakaway region of Somaliland said it has no plans to discuss unity with Somalia. This is in an apparent rejection of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s offer to mediate reunification talks between the two entities.
A statement by Somaliland’s foreign affairs ministry said Hargeisa would only agree to talks with Mogadishu if the agenda was the future of both entities as separate states. Any dialogue that transpires between Somaliland and Somalia will not discuss unification. They are willing to discuss how the two previously united countries can move forward separately, asserted Somaliland’s government. Somaliland’s government declared autonomy from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained international recognition for independence.
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Museveni’s offer followed a meeting in Uganda with an envoy of Somaliland’s president. He said that Somaliland’s secession had frustrated efforts to build a strong and prosperous Somali state. Somaliland has been dealing with secessionist forces itself. Heavy fighting broke out between its forces and clan militiamen in and around the town of Las Anod in February. The militiamen are seeking to break away from Somaliland to create their own state.
