“We always have a very good relationship with the United States. We don’t know what the new leadership will come President Donald Trump, want him to recognize Somaliland ” President Somalia of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Washington post interview.
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Washington (ANN)-Somalia President Hassan Sheikh claims he is concerned about the plan of Trump’s recognition of Somaliland, these and others who spoke according by interviewed to Washington Post.
Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which operates in Somalia, remains one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations active today. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, 69, is serving his second term as president. His presidency has been defined by the struggle against these terrorists. Up until now, the United States has been contributing significantly to this fight, with both money and troops.
The Post’s Lally Weymouth spoke with Mohamud on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Excerpts:
:Lally Weymouth: What do you hope your country’s relationship will be with the new Trump administration?
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: We always have a very good relationship with the United States. We don’t know what the new leadership will come up (with), but we do not expect something bad. Some people around President Donald Trump want him to recognize Somaliland [an autonomous part of Somalia that has governed itself since 1991] as an independent country.
Do you oppose the recognition of Somaliland?
Yes, we do. Somalia is one. It became an independent state in 1960. Somaliland was a British protectorate. The southern part of Somalia was an Italian colony. In 1960, both sides became independent and became the Somali Republic. Then the civil war occurred in 1991 and Somaliland seceded in that year from Somalia.
:Although Somaliland has functioned as an autonomous region and has had elections, the other African states oppose its recognition presumably because they fear that it might lead to parts of their own countries breaking away. Is that the real argument against recognition?
If the borders of Africa are changed and new borders are developed, that is going to be a very serious problem. Yes, they have had elections in Somaliland, but elections are not, in my view, the criteria for secession.
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