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Mogadishu(ANN)-Tensions between two country Kenya and Somalia, after Nairobi was expels by Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur alias Tarzan.
Ambassador Tarzan arrived at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport early Sunday, media reported.
Mr Nur was expelled by the Kenya government, which also recalled its own envoy to Somalia, Lt-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo.
The ambassador arrived at Mogadishu’s seafront airport together with Somalia’s First Lady Zeynab Moalim, who was from a visit to Kenya, and Foreign minister Ahmed Issa Awad.
Mr Awad was reportedly on transit in Nairobi, on his return from Sweden.
The Somali government officials, including President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre, were holding a meeting on the diplomatic tiff with Kenya. The government was expected to issue a statement after the meeting.
The Nairobi has also ordered Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nurto leave the country.
According to Kenya’s Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau, the auction took place in London last week.
Mr Kamau said Kenya’s ambassador Lt-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo was summoned back to Nairobi for urgent consultations.
“This unparalleled affront and illegal grab at the resources of Kenya will not go unanswered and is tantamount to an act of aggression against the people of Kenya and their resources. reported by the East African.
“This outrageous and provocative auction deserves and will be met with a unanimous and resounding rejection by all Kenyans as well as all people of goodwill who believe in the maintenance of international law and order and the peaceful and legal resolution of disputes,” he said.
The Kenyan Politician Musalia Mudavadi has appealed to the international community to urgently act on the brewing border row between Kenya and Somalia to keep it from escalating
“We do not want any escalation of conflict in this region. We, as Kenya, are suffering from the impact of the unstable nation next to us. We bear the brunt. We have seen many of our people die in terrorists’ attempts and other things,” he said. Reported Daily Nation
The ANC leader further pointed out that internationally, every nation is allowed up to 200 aeronautical miles into the sea as part of the boundary.
He took a swipe at Somalia over the allegation, saying it knew that the ruling on the case had not been concluded.
“Kenya was already in the international community with Somalia on the issue of the boundary in the sea. Before that matter is resolved, Somalia seems to be going ahead to unilaterally allocate prospecting rights in terms of oil blocks in the sea. Why is this so?” according by the Kenyan Newspaper Daily Nation reported.
He added, “I simply urge all Kenyans not to be bipartisan. On this, let us stand with the government of Kenya to protect the integrity of the boundaries as recognised by the international community.”
An Indian Ocean maritime territorial dispute between Kenya and Somalia has escalated with claims that Mogadishu had auctioned oil blocks in the contested area.
The two states are each claiming some 62,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean, believed to be rich in oil and gas deposits.
The dispute was presented before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the The Hague in the Netherlands in April 2014 after dialogue failed.