MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh has called on leaders of Somalia and Kenya to restore diplomatic relations saying people of both neighbouring need to peace and harmony with each other.
Speaking to BBC Somali Guelleh said the neighbouring country should end their differences at the negotiating table.
It is obligatory upon sides to mend their relationship, respect each other and to work. The two people interdependent therefore only solution is necessary for the soared relationship,” he said.
Responding to allegations that Djibouti led fact-finding committee sided with Kenya, president Guelleh said the findings of the committee is not yet officially disclosed but preliminary reports could not determine the final report.
“The report will be tabled before heads of states during next summit, that would be the destination of the report,” he said.
In January, Somali government criticized the findings of a fact-finding commission led Djibouti government, which stated that it found no evidence showing that Kenya was interfering in Somalia’s affairs.
A report by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an eight-country trade bloc in Africa comprising governments from the Horn of Africa, Nile Valley and the African Great Lakes, said a team that investigated the issue also found that Kenya was not arming militants to attack and destabilize areas in Somalia along their shared border.
Somali government which described the finding as unrealistic a report said the report was one-sided.
Information ministry said they [investigators] refused to go to the Somali territory.
” They went to Kenya twice, they went to Mandera. We wanted them to visit the Gedo region, but they refused to cross the border,” the ministry said.
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