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Original Post Date: 2010-06-08 Time: 19:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
The president of Somalia’s Puntland State Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has returned to the administrative capital of Garowe from long trip to some foreign countries where he also attended UN-sponsored Somalia conference in Turkey, Radio Garowe reports.
The president, accompanied by Puntland’s Minister for Internal Affairs Gen. Abdullahi Ahmed Jama “Ilkajir”, Ali Abdi Aware, adviser to Somalia’s Prime Minister and a group of Puntland businessmen, were welcomed at the airport by senior government officials including cabinet ministers, lawmakers and elites.
Speaking to the press after reaching the presidential palace, President Farole talked about many issues including recent events that unfolded in the region plus the Turkey conference.
To start with, the president spoke at length the recent anti-piracy operations undertaken by Puntland forces.
“I have been following with great interest the events that unfolded in the state while I was away. I warmly welcome the fight against the pirates which resulted the arrests of suspects who brought in ransom money in the capital and its environs. The security forces have done great job of tracking the pirates. Puntland government will continue with the fight against pirates wherever they are in the region,” he said.
He continued, “I also thank the forces which forcible freed the hijacked ship, which was hired by Somali merchants, even though the pirates killed the ship’s captain, an act that is not normal amongst the sea gangs which we strongly condemn and regret. This action taken by the forces is however is not good under the eyes of those people who used to say Puntland is a friend of pirates.”
President Farole has stated that Puntland is not prepared to intervene in anyway whatsoever the hijacking of foreign ships, arguing that it is the task of foreign fleets patrolling the waters under a UN mandate to protect vulnerable commercial flotillas.
He however said Puntland forces are required to intervene whenever a ship bound for the region is seized by the sea gangs.
President Farole spoke about the recently concluded Istanbul conference, where he led Puntland delegation to front the region’s agendas. He said he presented development agendas, in return got pledges with the results expected in near future.
“After the conference, we passed by the United Arab Emirates to get the support of getting equipement for our airports. We have also met the parties who own the quarantine house in our region to negotiate over the pricing of livestock. They have accepted our proposal,” said the President, who had good news for Puntland’s livestock traders.
“We are informing the Puntland livestock traders that the government has lowered the taxes on the animals, in particular camels, cows and goats because of the coming Holy month of Ramadan.”
On his trip to Djibouti, President Farole said he met with his Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Gelle and some ministers. He said the Djibouti government pledged support for Bossaso Port which includes both training and equipments.
Puntland Pres Abdirahman Farole addresses the media at Garowe State House, 7 June 2010
Commenting about last month’s armed clashes in the border town of Buhodle, the capital of Puntland’ s Ayn region, he called it a “massacre” as so many innocent civilians lost their lives.
“We are sending our condolences to the people whose loved ones were killed in the clashes. We have sent a protest note while attending the Turkey conference. We are also sending a delegation to the administration in Ethiopian-controlled Somali region to discuss the horrific incident,” Puntland’s leader said.
“As a government, we are giving a special praise to residents of Buhodle for their unwavering decision to state clearly that they are part of Puntland and how they handled the situation. We are encouraging them to keep peace,” President Farole added.
Lastly, the president commented about the events that unfolded in Widh-Widh town in Ayn region, terming it as political move by some warmongers who do not want peace in Puntland, urging the peace-loving people to ignore them.
“Puntland is peaceful, and is well respected and trusted but some people are maneuvering around to peddle with hatred and incitement. A small group cannot represent a united government and people. They should be ashamed and we are holding them accountable for all the things that happened there,” President Farole said.
“Those who are claiming to liberate Las Anod [from Somaliland troops] are the same ones who held positions in Somalia and at one point tried to smuggle out weapons from Puntland in order to leave Puntland defenseless. But we say these so-called rebels are lying to get the money of Diaspora community,” Puntland’s leader stated.
He called for “peaceful coexistence” between Puntland and Somaliland, while concluding: “Las Anod is part of Puntland.”
In recent months, a clan-based rebel front calling itself Sool, Sanaag and Ayn (SSC, in Somali acryonym) and led by ex-Puntland presidential candidate Saleban Adam “Hagal-tosiye” has called for violence to uproot Somaliland troops from the disputed regions, centered around Las Anod, capital of Sool region.
Puntland’s government has explicitly stated that only the government has the authority to deal with the Las Anod dispute, and that self-appointed rebels are troublemakers who seek to gain political and financial profit, by securing funding support from Diaspora community.
Original date published: 8 June 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201006081175.html?viewall=1