Kenya on
Friday urged
warring
factions in
Somalia to
embrace
dialogue as
a way of
resolving
the
protracted
conflict in
the Horn of
Africa
nation.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki urged Somalia''s transitional federal government and the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC) which have been fighting in Mogadishu and other parts of the war- torn nation to resolve the crisis which has plagued the lawless nation through dialogue. Speaking during a meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf in Nairobi, Kibaki, whose country chairs the regional mediating body, the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), said it was high time the warring parties in Somalia gave peace a chance in order to end the suffering of innocent civilians. "President Kibaki encouraged the people of Somalia to embrace dialogue at all times as the best way of amicably solving disputes, " Kibaki said according to a statement from the Presidential Press Service (PPS). He reassured President Yusuf that the Kenya would not waver in its commitment to ensure peace in the region which has been ravaged by myriad of conflicts. President Kibaki said the east African nation will not fully enjoy the fruits of the achievements made in the last four and a half years if there is no peace and stability in the neighboring countries. |
