Sunday, March 29, 2009

Somalia: President flies to Qatar

Arab foreign ministers met in Doha on Saturday to put the finishing touches on the agenda of the upcoming Arab summit due to open on Monday and draft resolutions to be submitted to the gathering of Arab leaders.

The agenda of the summit include the Somali, Sudan, and Palestine issues.

The security of the street to the airport has been tightened due to the travel of the president and his entourage.

The sound gunfire was heard near km 4 area where Ugandan troops are based.

The African Union troops along with the government soldiers tightened the security of the president.

The president has only been in Mogadishu for two days. He held a press conference in his hilltop presidential palace on Saturday and told al-Qaeda to stop interfering Somali affairs. He also indicated that Somalia needs the support of the African Union troops until Somalia gets its own forces.

amsomalia@mareeg.com

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