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| SFG-Somaliland talks agree to co-manage national airspace |
| 2013-07-11 |
| GAROWE, Somalia -- The third round of a dialogue process between SomaliaÂ’s Federal Government (SFG) and the countryÂ’s separatist region of Somaliland concluded in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Tuesday night, Garowe Online reports. Among the three points agreed, the SFG and Somaliland are to establish a bilateral control body based in Hargeisa to jointly manage Somalia national airspace, both parties also agreed to continue the dialogue process and to meet once again within the next four months to discuss the remaining points. According to independent sources in Istanbul, the SFG and Somaliland delegations disagreed on the possibility that future rounds of the dialogue to take place in either Mogadishu or Hargeisa, and also disagreed on the key agenda issue regarding Somaliland's bid for independence. Puntland region borders SomalilandÂ’s separatist region in northern Somalia and has fought sporadic territorial conflict with Somaliland over Sool and Sanaag regions for over a decade and Puntland previously declared that any talks between the SFG and Somaliland that excludes Puntland from the talks will not be recognized by the Puntland authorities. |
| Posted by:Steve White |