Djibouti delegation holds talks with President Rayaale, cabinet ministers

HARGEISA, Somaliland -A delegation from Djibouti has promised to give extra consideration towards recognizing Somaliland as a nation state.
Mr. Hashi Abdilahi, special advisor to President Ismail Omar Guelleh, said: “After the terrorist attacks [in Somaliland] we will think of what they can do about unstable Somalia, which they have spent time and energy on dealing with for so long, but is still suffering without a stable and committed government.”

The advisor, who was part of the delegation that spent two days in Hargeisa, added: “We will definitely work closely with Somaliland no matter what other Somalis will feel, but I am not going to say things in advance; you Somalilanders must wait, bearing in mind that we [Djibouti] are considering the case for independence.”

The delegation was led by the finance minister of Djibouti Minister, Ali Farah Asowe. He gave an exclusive interview with the SSI and mentioned that the main aim of their trip was opening the third largest French private bank, which will be coming to Hargeisa in January 2009.
He also briefly talked about how the high prices of food and oil affected their preparations for next year’s budget.

He said: “It slowed down the usual thinking of the preparations, but we have all the funds from the IMF, the World Bank, the AU, the EU, and so on.
I think Somaliland, which is not getting such assistance, and also had the disaster of the terror attacks, should be a role model to the Djibouti government and its people who lost their will towards doing things for themselves and instead wait for international community’s assistance.”

The minister of finance of Somaliland, Ambassador. Awil Ali Duale, who organized the visit, said: “We are from Africa, specifically the Horn, and we welcome all our neighbours.”
The Somaliland delegation will go to Djibouti on December 7 to open trade offices in both countries and the bank will come soon after that meeting.

The President of Somaliland Dahir Rayaale Kahin held talks on the last day of the delegation’s visit and thanked them for offering their sympathy on Somaliland’s black day.
He also thanked them for all the other support they had given and said he hoped the countries would continue to co-operate.

Source:-The Turkish Weekly

Published by: Qalinle Hussein

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