A high-level delegation from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) arrived in Mogadishu today.
The delegation, led by the executive secretary of the IGAD regional organization, Workneh Gebeyeh, was welcomed at the Aden Adde airport by Somalia’s minister of foreign affairs, Amb. Ahmed Maalin of Theology.
The meeting came at a critical time, as the Minister Fiqi discussed with Workneh Gebeyehu important issues regarding the situation in the Horn of Africa and relations .
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia also spoke about the need for IGAD to play a prominent role in bringing Ethiopia back to the legal path, so that it can withdraw from the agreement it entered into with the Somaliland administration, which the Somali government considers to be a violation of its sovereignty and independence.
Minister Fiqi indicated that the secretary of IGAD should be given a clear message regarding the crisis in the Horn of Africa, saying that they have full confidence that the IGAD organization can play a major role in the issues they are having with Ethiopia.
