Somalia: Govt Tells UN Debate Islamic Courts' Actions Are Threatening Peace Negotiations

26 September 2006

Somalia's Transitional Federal Government will not remain committed to peace talks with the country's Union of Islamic Courts (ICU) if it persists in its "aggressive policies of attacks and territorial expansion," the Somali Foreign Minister told the United Nations General Assembly today.

Ismael Mohamoud Hurreh, who is also Somalia's Minister for International Cooperation, told the Assembly's annual debate that the Union's "concealed intentions are fast becoming evident to the Somali people and to the international community."

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