From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 11:25:30 EDT
Eritrean president condemns AU troops in Mogadishu
Posted: 5/20/2009 10:02:00 PM
Shabelle: SOMALIA
Shabelle Exclusive: MOGADISHU(Sh. M. Network)-Eritrean president Isaias
Afwerki who gave an exclusive interview with Shabelle television and
radio condemned the African Union troops in Mogadishu and said they
could not keep peace in Somalia.
Speaking with Shabelle Media Network in his office in Asmara, President
Afwerki said Ugandan and Burundian troops in Mogadishu came as an
umbrella of Ethiopian invasion.
"The Ugandan and Burundian troops came as an umbrella for the invasion
of Ethiopia which was supported by Bush administration which is
illegitimate in the first palace, the invading power can not possibly
have any legitimacy from the adopted resolutions of IGAD and AU,"
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki told Shabelle television and radio.
"Uganda can not send peace keepers to Somalia when it can not maintain
peace and security in Uganda, it is not well equipped and it has its own
domestic problems," he added.
Mr. Afwerki said foreign troops could not bring solution to Somalia and
called for the AU mission in Somalia to end their presence in Mogadishu.
Afwerki said Burundian troops could keep security and stability in
Mogadishu.
"The government in Burundi can not secure peace and stability in
Bujumbura, the capital. How can we expect Burundi to send peace keepers
to Somalia and claim keep peace in Mogadishu? President Afwerki said.
He denied that Eritrea has been playing proxy war in Somalia and
described as baseless accusations.
Noting that the solution lies in addressing the root cause, and not the
consequences, President Isaias indicated that "so-called governments"
imposed on the Somali people from the outside which has no authority
beyond Mogadishu and its vicinity is further aggravating the problem.
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
gentlemannor@gmail.com
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