Somalia president links Ethiopia pullout to UN deployment

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

DJIBOUTI (AFP) — Somalia's president told a UN Security Council mission Monday that a UN peacekeeping mission must be deployed in his country before Ethiopian troops can withdraw.

"The eventual withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops from Somalia is contingent on the deployment of the United Nations peacemaking force and the cessation of hostilities," Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said.

"I would like to state very clearly that there should not be a security vacuum in Somalia," he added.

© 2008 AFP

Premium Content Partnership | MyWire provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. MyWire

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)