Issue 205

The Republic of Somaliland ’s affairs seem to be going into a never ending positive direction which can only be good in the eyes of its people. It’s managing to successfully operate its interior and economic policies and the success in these two fields have been shown time and time again. In the field of economics Somaliland has managed to sign a landmark trade pact with Ethiopia and has managed to acquire a contract of trade opening a market of 70 million people. Somaliland ’s hardline interior minister has also shown time and time again of his determination to have an iron grip on the internal affairs of Somaliland and that is shown in the capture of terrorists which subsequently led to their imprisonment and trial. However were we are lacking passion and vigor is our foreign policy. Excluding the few occasions ministers and the cabinet members leave the country for high profile destinations their is very little else. The Republic of Somaliland should re-examine her foreign policy. The issue of recognition has been dealt with and it is no longer a question of if but when the Republic of Somaliland will be recognized. There is still however African countries in West Africa and even in central Africa who we need to develop ties with. The recent comments of the Arab league just shows how confused our government is with regards to our foreign policy.

The Arab league and its membership is not even in the interest of the Republic of Somaliland . The Arab league is nothing but a cafe were the big bellied leaders of the Arab world come to further enlarge their already bloated stomachs. The fact that these leaders are not elected and disliked in their own nations just further proves that we should not be a member. The Arab league since its creation has achieved absolutely nothing keeping in mind that it pre-dates the European Union and if you compare the two there is a huge gap. It was wrong of our government to even suggest membership of the Arab league. Our future does not lye in the Arabian wasteland of poison politics but leys as the Bridge between Asia and Africa because of our history and strategic position. The Arab leaders will get their comeuppance sooner rather then later however for the time being our entire foreign policy should be focused inside Africa . We have experienced many similar problems which they face even today however we have found a solution to our problem and they are still in need of a solution. Nations are the embodiment of an ideology and it is our duty to export our formula of democracy and success across Africa . Our unique blend of democracy and culture should also be exported to nations in Africa in need of it.

What Somaliland is in need of is an aggressive policy with regards to those who work against the interest of our state. The Livestock ban is still in place although we are diversifying our market the back bone which was livestock is still being banned without a truthful explanation. Your enemy’s enemy is my friend policy should have already been in place with regards to the issue of our livestock we should have found a different market. We should have made friends with those who share our interests and our beliefs in democracy and peace regardless of their image. What we require is a more offensive position from our government and political leaders. Building ties with nations who work against our national interest is stupidity at its worse and we should avoid this in the future. The so called warm relationship between Somaliland and Djibouti only exist in the eyes of our government and not in the eyes of Djibouti . These states while pretending to be neighborly work behind the scenes against our interest and believe that our countries success will lead to their eventual end. The Government of the Republic of Somaliland should re-examine their policies and put in place realistic policies which forward our countries interest and do not act

against them.

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