Sunday, June 08, 2008
Mogadishu, Somalia (HOL) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Somalia Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdalla reported in a press conference that the UN organized Somalia peace talks in Djibouti have failed to make the necessary progress.
The UN’s Somali envoy Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said that the talks will be closed without any result and without setting any date for the resumption of the talks.
Mr. Ould-Abdallah said that he is disappointed that Somalia may continue to be in a civil due to the failure of the peace talks. Mr. Ould-Abdallah added that because of the long civil war there is no trust between the opposing groups which complicates the success of the peace talks.
The opposition delegation this week briefly withdrew from a seminar held for both sides in protest after Ethiopian ambassador in Djibouti attended the seminar but returned when the UN asked all ambassadors not to attend the seminar.
Mr. Ould-Abdallah’s announcement of the failure of the peace talks comes after heavy fighting has erupted in Mogadishu this morning which killed over 15 people and injured over 50 people.
Hiiraan Online