Istanbul, Turkey, June 9, 2012 (SL Times) – Somaliland Foreign Minister, Dr Muhammad Abdillahi Omar, said Turkey will open an office in Somaliland and that the purpose of the office would be to work on Somaliland-Turkish relations. He also announced that the Turkish Deputy Minister, Bulent Arinc, will visit Somaliland soon. The Turkish government has not made any comments on this matter.
According to Haatuf Newspaper, Somaliland Foreign Minister added that he requested from the 57 nations that attended the Istanbul conference to establish relations with Somaliland.
Somaliland participated in the Istanbul conference with a ministerial rather than a presidential delegation, and the mandate of the ministerial delegation was allegedly limited to taking part in the first day of the conference (the day when discussions of technical, not political, matters were supposed to take place) rather than the full two days.
According to Haatuf newspaper, the three Somaliland ministers submitted to the Turkish government requests to assist Somaliland in the fields of water, health, education and roads. They also requested from the Turkish government that Turkish assistance to Somaliland should go directly to Somaliland and not be channeled through third parties.







 

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