Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland D.R. Isse Kayd Mohamud, who is in France, said that Somaliland and Ethiopia are in the process of finalizing the understanding they have reached.
The minister said that the community is aware of two articles of the agreement, but they hope that the people of Somaliland will sign the agreement and not regret it.
“Until now, the known points in the agreement include, that if Ethiopia does not recognize Somaliland that we will not provide a naval base, and that it diverts at least 10% of its business to Somaliland, we expect it to be 30%, 100 In the next year, we will do something that we will not regret,” said Minister Kayd.
“Every country that we explain the issue of Somaliland to, he used to say that first of all, no African country has recognized us, and no other African country knows us better than Ethiopia, so it is a matter of God’s coincidence, Ethiopia will find peace if it does not recognize us” he said. said the Minister of Storage.
He said that the mutual understanding between the two sides is a place to move, but now the technical committees of both sides are working on the agreement, noting that many things can change like the time and how Ethiopia pays the rent.
He denied the news that after the Djibouti conference Somaliland decided to sign an agreement with Addis Ababa, he said that the Djibouti conference 4 months ago started working on the understanding between Somaliland and Ethiopia, which was a lot of work. was going on.
The committee preparing the agreement on the Somaliland side, spent the last few days on trips to the coastal areas of Somaliland, meeting with the people of Berbera, El Sheikh, Borama, Lughaya and other areas.
