Hiiraan Online

Press Release
Monday, November 17, 2008

The United States government remains committed to the Djibouti Agreement, which we view as the best hope for bringing peace to Somalia. 

We look forward to continued cooperation between the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia in advancing the peace process. 

We urge all parties to the Djibouti Agreement to put aside their differences in order to establish a unity government and a new Cabinet. 

A power struggle at this point does not serve Somalia’s interests.  It is essential that a process that has the potential to end the violence that has so long plagued Somalia not be interrupted. 

We urge all factions not yet party to the Djibouti Agreement to cease their hostilities and sign on to the process for the good of all the Somali people.

Source: US Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya