By Abdi Muse
Feysal Ali Warabe (left) meets with Somalia foreign minister in Birmingham last week which saw large condemnation from Somaliland officials. /photo file.
HARGEYSA (RBC) Somaliland information minister Abib Diriye has blamed senior opposition leader for holding secret meeting with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud last week in UK, RBC Radio reports.
Feysal Ali Warabe, the chairman of UCID, the biggest opposition party in Somaliland, a breakaway northern Somalia region has reportedly met with Somalia’s Federal Government ministers in Birmingham, UK during last week after the conclusion of the international conference on Somalia future hosted by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
“We condemn and see s unfortunate meeting between Feysal Ali Warabe and Somali government officials, such meeting is against the independence of Somaliland.” said the region’s information minister Abib Diriye in a press conference in Hargeysa on Monday.
The minister noted that they did not known the motive behind such meeting in UK while he said Somaliland has made clear its position towards joining Somalia and its political process.
Somaliland, which declared its breakaway from Somalia in 1991 boycotted to attend the London conference in Somalia which the world leaders pledged billion of dollars to rebuild post-war Somalia.
On his side Feysal Ali Warabe, the chairman of UCID party strongly dismissed the allegations and insisted that the meeting was on mutual level and chatting as friends.
“I did not meet with Somali government officials as an official representing Somaliland, but as a friend and politician.” he defended himself speaking to different media outlets.
He called the Somaliland administration to handle demonstrations in its local regions rather than criticizing his meeting with Somalia government ministers in UK.
“We have alot of things to share and indeed there are so many things we have interrelated.” he added.
RBC Radio
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