Mogadishu — Hizbul Islam Islamist group, the wing that Sheik Mohamed Hassan Amey leads met with Somali president and his prime minister in the presidential palace, officials said on Thursday.

The spokesperson of the Islamist group Sheik Daud Mohamed Abtidon told Shabelle Media that they had a meeting with President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, his Prime Minister Omar Abdirshid Ali Sharmarke, and some government ministers in the presidential palace and said they agreed many issues including the implementation of the Islamic Sharia.

He said the security of the capital is crucial and it needs all sides to work it together. He added that there is no reason to oppose the government since it took the Islamic Sharia.

The chairman Sheik Mohamed Hassan Amey and the defense secretary of the group Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siyad Indho Ade met president Sharif Sheik Ahmed in the presidential palace.

It is yet unclear whether the group will join the government or not, but they had declared that they will work and defend the government if it implements the Islamic Sharia.