Monday, May 4, 2009

Somalia: Government accuses Eritrea of landing arms in Somalia

Somalia’s government has accused Sunday Eritrea that it brought illegal weapons to Somalia and that the government would take an appropriate step against the illegal weapons.

The security minister of the Somali government Col. Omar Hashi Aden who held a press conference in Mogadishu accused Eritrea that it brought weapons on Tuesday and Friday to Belli Dogle airstrip in Lower Shabelle region.

He said that Eritrea started to send into Somalia planes loaded with weapons and added that it refused to give weapons to the Somali insurgents during the Ethiopian occupation, but now arming Somali factions.

He requested from the world to stop Eritrea of bringing weapons to Somalia and threatened that his government would do something about the illegal weapons.

He also said that Eritrea is never pleased and does not want Somali government.

There are no independent sources confirming about the weapons being brought into Somalia except the accusations of the minister.


amsomalia@mareeg.com

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