The Somaliland government has accepted an invitation from
the Government of Turkey to host resumed talks between Somali and Somaliland.
The talks are now expected to resume in mid-April. Somaliland's Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohamed Abdilahi Omar, announced this at a press conference
on Monday (April 1st) .
He said "Both sides of Somaliland and Somalia have
received the invitation and we confirm that we have officially approved"
adding that "the two presidents will sit together and will discuss various
issues concerning Somalia and Somaliland." Somali federal government has
not yet confirmed the initiative. The talks began in June last year but were
then halted following the change in administration in Mogadishu and to allow
the new leadership to settle in.
The framework for the talks was originally agreed at a
UK-hosted meeting in London in February last year and ratified at a meeting of
the two Presidents in Dubai in June.
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