Hiiraan Online
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Djibouti (HOL) - Representatives from the IAlliance of Re-liberation of Somalia walked out of a discussion session with TFG facilitated by the UN after the Ethiopian Ambassador in Djibouti walked in. The session was taking place at the Djibouti National Hall of Djibouti. At the time UN Security Council representatives were giving presentations to members of the TFG and the Alliance.
Saleebaan Colaad Rooble, a member of the Alliance said that after the Ethiopian Ambassador refused to leave the hall where the presentation was taking place, the Alliance members decided to walk out of the negotiation table.
“We refused to sit at the same table with the Ethiopian Ambassador whose government has used tanks and soldiers oppress Somalia people”, said Mr. Rooble who added that he dneid not know whether the Ethiopian Ambassador came to the meeting hall as per the invitation of the UN or TFG or on his own.
Talks to convince the Alliance members to return to the talk continue but the spokesman for the Alliance Mr Dahir Mohamud Geelle told reporters that they will not sit at the same table with an Ambassador whose government troops killed and displaced many Somali civilians.
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