Ali Dheere says:

To get engage with the US is the word here. As world politics has neither permanent friends, nor permanent enemies, Somaliland government should always balance its politics for the interest of the nation.

Also Somaliland should engage with its neighbours i.e Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia (again engage is the word – not surrender).

Shawky says:

For those of you who are talking about surrender and inclination to US policies,my answer is too simple. Somaliland is a soveriegn state, no one can dictate her what to do and which route to follow. This is relations and diplomacy,; I wonder why whenever we get some help from a western country some of us shout at their uttermost, saying we are surrendering ourselves. I agree with the minister all what he requested from US. Drinking water and Job creation. So is that a kind of surrender?? Finally, we can have good relations with the neighboring countries but at the end it is not similar to that of US.

Abdulla Hassan Ali says:

Musa: Do not trust America and its allies, we are not expecting much from them as they still show reluctance to recognize us. They became desperate about the formation of a new strong government from Somalia and now they turn their desperate back to us because of the coming danger and systematic build up of Al-qaida safe heaven in the Horn. They are not friends but foe whose aims are to use people or country when they are in need of them. It is just a little dream that will soon fade away.
M.J.Musa.

abu ibrahim says:

Have you read today's Hiiraan online where there is an article which clearly states that USA is not recognising Somaliland or Puntland as Sovereign States. What USA wants is quite clear; make no mistake by assuming that they'll recognise Somalialand as Independent State. Indeed Somaliland Government will do their dirty work and when the dust settles, USA will force Somaliland to remain part of Somalia. It will be unlikely for the Somalialnd Government to refuse such an order as they will accept bribery in the form of USAID.

On the other hand Somaliland has not benefited from its relationship with Ethiopia.

m.ali says:

Somaliland government must not rush to deal with USA. There is a motive behind it. IAgain Somaliland cannot be treated equally with Puntland. We should not accept that. Puntland is part of former Italian Somalia, while our country was formerly independent before joining the union. We should tell Americans clearly our position that they are dealing with an Independent country. Our Foreign Affairs Minister must clearly explain to the Americans on the position of Somaliland sovereignity, and is not for sale for few millions US Dollars. We should have faith in Allah and not America or Europeans. We must learn from China for many years they were not recognised and yet developed their country. President of Somaliland must be careful with the Americans. They are there for their own interest and that is the oil of somaliland. They still believe the former regime signed with CONOCO an american oil firm to drill oil with about 20% of the income going to the former dictator and his henchmen. That is over, they need to negotiate on 50-50 basis.