Puntland leader reportedly praised for rejecting the Djibouti reconciliation conference
BBC MONITORING INTERNATIONAL REPORTS , March 29, 2000 Text of report by Somali newspaper
'Ayaamaha' on 29th March Prominent Puntland people are reportedly praising Col Abdullahi
Yusuf (president of Puntland regional administration) for rejecting the Djibouti-brokered
Somali reconciliation conference. A meeting which was held in Garoowe town (capital of
Puntland administration) and was attended by Puntland minister of interior affairs, Hasan
Abshir Farah, urged the Puntland administration to reject the Djibouti peace initiatives.
The meeting also asked the Puntland administration to crush any unpatriotic elements of
puntland who are bribed and undermining the peace stability in North Eastern State of
Puntland. Recently demonstrations have been organize against the Djibouti peace meeting
and the Puntland government maintained the security of the demonstrators