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[QabiilDiid]

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has described the Somali pact as historic.. read it in Arabic

[QabiilDiid]

arab news

 

JEDDAH, 17 September 2007 — Somali leaders signed a landmark peace agreement here yesterday. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, who witnessed the signing, hoped the agreement would herald a new era of peace and prosperity in Somalia.

 

The signing ceremony took place at the Conference Palace here and the signatories included President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi and Parliament Speaker Adam Mohamed Nur.

 

“I am very happy to welcome you in your second country, Saudi Arabia, and we congratulate you for reaching a historic and honorable agreement that will save Somalia from its tragedy,” the king told the assembled guests and delegates from Somalia.

 

King Abdullah highlighted Saudi Arabia’s efforts to bring about a peace agreement among Somali factions. “By the Grace of God, an agreement has been reached in this holy month and this will close the bloody chapter and open the road to a bright future,” the king told the gathering, which included several Somali clan leaders.

 

The king reminded the Somali leaders of the importance of implementing the accord. “All articles of the agreement and its rules should be strictly followed and serious efforts made to implement them. I am confident that you are capable of making this agreement work.”

 

The agreement was signed at the concluding session of the Somali reconciliation conference, which was held at the Conference Palace in the presence of Crown Prince Sultan and other senior Saudi officials. The reconciliation conference in Mogadishu was held to end infighting among Somali factions that has wracked the East African country ever since the ouster of President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The Islamist-led opposition, which held its own conference in Eritrea last week, boycotted the conference.

 

In his speech at last night’s ceremony, President Ahmed thanked the Kingdom for its efforts to lift Somalia out of its present situation. He underscored the deep-rooted relations between Saudi Arabia and Somalia and thanked African countries for providing support against opposition groups, whom he described as dissidents. He said about 3,000 people had taken part in the Mogadishu conference.

 

“No to war, yes to peace. No to bloodshed and yes to reconciliation,” said the Somali president amid thunderous applause from the 400 tribesmen and tribeswomen representing different clans.

 

Although from the same country, every single participant displayed the disparate colors of the nation by donning a unique attire. Some had colorful caps, others had colorful turbans and the women wore colorful abayas.

 

The conference hall was filled with Somali delegates, who punctuated the speeches of the Somalia president and the prime minister with their unique clapping style.

 

As soon as King Abdullah entered the hall all the delegates were on their feet with their hands raised in accolade. The king responded in his trademark style and the signing ceremony began.

 

The Somalis said that Saudi Arabia is a very important country to them because of the Kingdom’s help at difficult times. The president, premier and the speaker showered fulsome praise on the king for taking a leading role in bringing the Somalis together.

 

The president said: “We need Arab and African peacekeeping forces in our country under the aegis of the United Nations. Peace in Somalia is paramount because a lot of security issues in other countries of the region are directly linked with security in Somalia.”

 

Premier Gedi said: “We have seen enough bloodshed. We are still in this swamp and we want to get out of this miserable situation, and the coming together of all the tribes is indicative of their yearning for peace.

 

“His (the king’s) heart beats for the Muslim Ummah, and because Somalia is a Muslim country and Saudi Arabia is linked to Somalia by the thread of religion, the king has great interest in seeing peace reign in our country. He’s a man of peace and we came at his call to listen to his advice, and to his instructions and directives. He’s the leader of the Muslim world and his word is law to us,” the premier said.

 

Later in a statement, Saudi Arabia urged the Somali groups to abide by the agreement and support the assurances given by the Somali president on replacing foreign forces with Arab and African forces under the supervision of the United Nations.

[Ms DD]

It is my job to post anything that comes out of that country!

[xiinfaniin]

^^That was before General Duke found the Saudi King fashionable…

[QabiilDiid]

No, she has proprietary right for that noble cause. Let her tell us what Okaz daily said about the issue at hand.

[Ms DD]

^^ Come on..do tell us. I know you are dying to.

 

Incidently why would anyone believe that Saudis are helping us? Do you think they are genuine? Palestine anyone?

[QabiilDiid]

^I was trying to but you said stop it.

^^^

Why Saudis would help us?

 

As a matter of fact they have already helped Somalia by freezing the secessionists in the northwest right in their tracks. And for that I have undying gratitude for them, Eebe ka sakow.

[General Duke]

Warkan oo carabi ah waxaa uu u soo baxay Sidan

السعودية ترحب بما تم التوصل اليه بموءتمر المصالحة

الوطنيه فى الصومال

 

 

بتاريخ: 18/09/2007

جدة فى 18 سبتمبر / رحبت المملكة العربية السعودية بعقد موءتمر المصالحة الوطنية فى الصومال فى المملكة لاتمام وانجاز ما تم التوصل اليه من اتفاق واستضافة ورعاية مراسم توقيعه وباركت هذا الانجاز المهم وتأمل أن تنضم اليه كافة الفصائل الصومالية وأن تدعمه كل الدول التى تجمعها الحدود والمصالح المشتركة بالصومال.

 

وأوضح وزير الثقافة والاعلام السيد اياد بن أمين مدنى لوكالة الانباء السعودية عقب الجلسة مجلس الوزراء التى ترأسها خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز أن المجلس أكد فى هذا السياق أن هذا الاتفاق من شأنه أن يضع الصومال على طريق الاستقرار والامن والوحدة وأن يعيد للشعب الصومالى قدرته على أن يتوجه لبناء بلده ومجتمعه ويوءدى دوره عضوا مهما وفاعلا فى المنطقة.

 

كما أن ذلك من شأنه أن يخلص الصومال وأرضه من أى محاولات للجماعات الارهابية أن تستغل أوضاع الاقتتال والفرقة لتجعل من الصومال موطئ قدم لها.

 

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[QabiilDiid]

From the post above

 

والوحدة

see how strong they believe in the Somali unity. With the gazillion tons of American and European legal tenders they have they can make difference for Somalis.

[Jacaylbaro]

والوحدة

 

They should apply that to their people ,,,, where is Arab unity ?

 

Practise what you preach ..........

 

 

I always knew they are day dreamers ,, but never mind ,, i can add to this one too.

[QabiilDiid]

^^^ That is what they say called simple mindedness. I guess you are not aware that you are comparing, how they say it, apples and oranges. Arabs are as unique as Somalis? Isn’t that laughable? I do not need answer from you. Where is your friend NGONGE? I call him your friend because he is not 1000% federalist but sometimes talks sense

[Jacaylbaro]

So you mean they shouldn't unite but they should tell us to unite .....

 

 

Very interesting indeed ..........

[rudy-Diiriye]

a crack head saudi! dont worry, he will be in his palace in texas when bush leaves. them homies time has come and gone.

 

i believe the king forgot to take his meds! when was the last u heard these ppl done anything good.

[Malika]

Originally posted by Nayruus:

From the post above

 

والوحدة

see how strong they believe in the Somali unity. With the gazillion tons of American and European legal tenders they have they can make difference for Somalis.

So we are back at the mercy of the American and Europeans? Where were the Saudis before the TFG and it's Ethiopian and American alliance came to power?