Garowe — The president of the semiautonomous region of Puntland Adde Muse Hersi has rejected the recent power-sharing deal reached in Djibouti between the Somali government and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, our correspondent in Puntland, reported.

Mr. Hersi said that the Djibouti agreement could lead to the breakup of Somali regions, saying the deal was signed by "men from one clan".

He said that the deal does not respect clan representation in Somalia.

"This agreement will escalate further the political crisis in the country and we oppose it completely," Hersi said in a news conference in Garowe, the capital of Puntland.

The semiautonomous region, which had been previously led by the current Somali President Abdulahi Yusuf, has supported the central Somali government since its formation in 2004.

Adde Muse Hersi called on the United Nations to organize another peace conference for Somalia which, he said, should bring all stakeholders together.