Washington said it was closely monitoring developments in Somali as the country moves toward ending the tenure for its transitional government.
Nearly three dozen delegates from the Arab League, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation and the European Union met this week to discuss ending Somalia's transitional period.
The transitional federal government was called on to lead the process that spells out steps needed to end the current political situation by the end of next August.
Washington expressed gratitude to international partners for their leadership in Somalia.
"The United States urges the transitional federal government to capitalize on the improving security environment to make significant progress in the political realm," a statement from the U.S. State Department read.
Somalia hasn't had a functioning central government since the 1990s. The transitional government controlled only a small portion of Mogadishu before al-Shabaab, al-Qaida's affiliate in Somalia, pulled out of the capital last month.
Clara Gutteridge, an official at British rights group Reprieve, told the BBC she had evidence from "multiple, concurrent sources" that the CIA was running a secret detention center under the presidential compound in Mogadishu.
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohammed Ali told the BBC the reports weren't credible but said Washington was helping to "improve the security situation in the country."
Source: United Press International (UPI)
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