Nairobi, October 12, 2005 (UNPOS) – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia (SRSG), ‎Francois Lonseny Fall, will travel to Moscow and Stockholm this week as part of his continuing efforts towards a ‎peaceful solution to differences within the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). ‎
Ambassador Fall’s visit to Moscow (13 October) is at the invitation of the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov ‎for an exchange of views on how best to facilitate the restoration of peace and security in Somalia.‎

While in Stockholm (14-15 October) he will hold consultations on the latest developments in Somalia with Ms. ‎Annika Soder, the Swedish State Secretary for International Cooperation and Development and other ‎representatives of the Swedish government.‎
‎“The Security Council has expressed deep concern about the persistent state of insecurity in Somalia and the ‎absence of political dialogue,” Ambassador Fall said. “During informal consultations this month (4 October) ‎Council members stressed the need to reactivate political dialogue between the leaders of the transitional federal ‎institutions and drew particular attention to the need for an agreement among the TFI leaders on a National ‎Security and Stabilization Plan, and its implementation. The Council also urged the international community and ‎neighboring countries to continue to support an inclusive political dialogue among the TFI leaders.”

Ambassador Fall’s visit follows consultations on the Somalia situation last month with leaders in Egypt and ‎Ethiopia, London, Stockholm and Brussels, the EC/EU headquarters.‎ Ambassador Fall also remains in close contact with leaders of the TFIs in the hope that he can help them resolve ‎their differences. Those differences include the location of the TFIs. The President, Abdillahi Yusuf Ahmed and ‎Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, have relocated to Jowhar, maintaining that Mogadishu is insecure. The ‎Speaker of the Parliament, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, some cabinet members and a number of ‎Parliamentarians, insist that Mogadishu is safe and that the Government belongs there. Ambassador Fall has ‎urged all Cabinet Ministers to enter into a dialogue that will move them closer to reconciliation.‎

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