Officials of Somali Federal Government have held discussion with United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the recent diplomatic raw just a week after Somali government confiscated three unmarked bags of money at Mogadishu Airport.
In statement, Somali ministry for Foreign Affairs said the government has sought to clarify and resolve the misunderstanding between the two countries.
“The Federal Government of Somalia has sought to clarify the facts surrounding the developments in order to remove any room of misunderstanding between the two the government and peoples. This effort continues,” reads the statement.
The statement said the government of UAE explained the purpose of the cash which was deposited at Central Bank in pending an investigation.
“As part of these efforts and after lengthy celebrations between the two governments on the recent incident involving funds that were intercepted at Adan Adde International Airport on 8th April 2018, the UAE has explained the purpose and the utilization of the said funds and the federal government will work together with UAE on their utilization,” reads the statement in part.
The Ministry said the two countries share a strong economic, political and culture that dates back centuries.
It noted that the government leaders had been committed to strengthening of its bilateral relationship with traditional and valued partner.
“Somalia is making great progress to implement critical political and economic reforms to rebuild its institutions of government and financial system to deliver security services and rule of law to the people of Somalia. Somalia hopes UAE can be a contributing partner,” explains the statement.
In an interview with VOA Somali, Ahmed Issa Awad, Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed the talks between the two countries saying the leaders of the countries met over the issue.
Awad ruled out existence of third party as a mediator to spearhead the talks.
“There are ongoing talks between governments of Somali and UAE, The top leaders of Somalia and UAE are engaging in the talks, there is no exact appointment but there is existence of deliberations between the leaders of the two countries that took place,” said the minister.
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