Paris (Xogsoormedia.com):-Mr. Paul Whiteway oo ah dublamaasi madax-banaan, isla markaana ka mid ah urur caalami ah oo Somaliland kala shaqeeya aqoonsi raadinta, ayaa heshiiska heshiiska casriyaynta dekadda Berbera ee ay wada galeen Somaliland iyo DP World, ku tilmaamay inuu kaalin weyn ka geysanayo himiladda Somaliland ay ku doonayso aqoonsi caalami ah.
Mr. Paul Whiteway oo waraysi gaar ah siiyay idaacadda codka Faransiiska qeybteeda Ingiriisiga, ayaa la weydiiyay in heshiiskani uu noqonayo karo ictiraaf yar maadaama oo DP World ay xukunto Imaaraada Dubai, waxaanu yidhi “Imaarada Dubai waxay sheegtay in aqoonsigu uu yahay wax ay bixiyaan dalalku oo uu qaramadu is dhaafsadaan.laakiin marka aad ka eegto saamaynta iyo muddada dheer ee heshiiskani soconayo waa arrin waxtar u ah aqoonsiga Somaliland.”
Dublamaasi Paul White, waxa uu ku dooday in Somaliland ay heshiiska dekadda ku kasbanayso inay kaalin weyn ka ciyaarto dhaqaalaha iyo ganacsiga geeska afrika, waxaanu tilmaamay inay fursad u halayso ay kula ganacsato dalka Itoobiya.
Mar la weydiiyay in heshiiska dekadda Berbera ay ka faa’iidaysan doonto Itoobiya, taasi inay suurtogelinayso in Somaliland ay Itoobiya kaga hesho nooc aqoonsi ah, Mr. Paul, waxa uu kaga jawaabay “Itoobiya ma sheegin laakiin waa sababta ay heshiisyo badan oo wax wada qabsi ula saxeexatay Somaliland. Itoobiya ma aha dalka kaliya ee heshiisyo la saxeexday Somaliland ee waxa xataa heshiisyo la galay dalal reer Yurub ah. Markaa cilaaqaadyadda iskaashigu ma khusayso aqoonsiga.”
Mar la weydiiyay sida dawladda Soomaaliya u aragto heshiiskan Somaliland gashay, waxa uu sheegay in Somalia ay xasaasiyad ka qabto dalalka heshiisyadda la saxeexda Somaliland, waxase uu xusay in Somaliland 25 kii sannadood ee u dambeeyay ay samaysatay dawlad shaqeynaysa oo hanatay xuduudaheeda iyo dhulkeeda.
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Dp World deal ‘helpful’ to Somaliland’s bid for independence
Hargeisa (Xogsoormedia.com):- A 442 million dollar contract was announced this week to develop the Port of Berbera in Somaliland. The contract between Somaliland and Dubai-backed DP World will develop a regional trade and logistics hub. Despite recently celebrating its 25th year of self-declared independence, Somaliland isn’t recognised internationally. The former British protectorate is considered an autonomous region of Somalia. RFI’s Daniel Finnan spoke to Paul Whiteway from Independent Diplomat, an organisation that advises the Somaliland government on its efforts on achieving an international recognition from the international community.
The following is the full interview between the Paul Whiteway and Daniel Finnan from Radio France Internationale’s English service en.rfi.fr.
RFI: Does this deal is some kind of defacto recognition for Somaliland as a legitimate of a state, because DP World is managed by Dubai Government?
Paul Whiteway: The Government of Dubai claim it is not constitute recognition in any formal sense, because recognition is a matter for nation states to recognize another state as being a sovereign state, but you can’t argue that a long term impact of this deal is a helpful of Somaliland for recognition, so we can say that it is going to help Somaliland to integrate much better into the regional economy of the Horn of Africa. It is going to create some practices on the ground and it going to enable Somaliland to play a big part in real assisting Ethiopia to able a trade with outside world, so that will give Somaliland a bigger stake in the regional economy and also gives to the regional countries a bigger stake in Somaliland.
RFI: This deal and the Port is reportedly intended to service Ethiopian market, so does this simply some sort of recognition of Somaliland by Ethiopia as well?
Paul Whiteway: again, the Ethiopian government, I think, denies that was the case, they signed a varies of agreements with Somaliland, regarding bilateral trade and they do not regard that sort of recognition and also Ethiopia is not the only government who signs an agreements with Somaliland but European countries have agreements with Somaliland, so I thing that the bilateral agreements are not constitute some sort of recognition.
RFI: how do you think the Somali government feels about all of this?
Paul Whiteway: The Somalia government is real and has reservation about other countries signed deals direct with the Somaliland and may said so in the past and it is a difficult situation Somaliland met in the past 25 years and there is an affect government in Somaliland since that time and governs into their borders, so we can say, real Moqdisho Government does not like that.
RFI: It represents a lot of money, so what sort of long term affect on Somaliland campaign of statehood?
Paul Whiteway: the deal itself is going to involve increase of revenue for the government and the government in Somaliland has a particular problems, because its revenue is very small, so it can help Somaliland and built its capacity as state and contribute to their state building, so that money could be use for the purpose of increasingly effort for applying its request of the recognition, so the will be a helpful. In the other way, it will be a helpful of the wider economy of Somaliland, because same jobs are going to be created, so indirectly, in many aspects, this is a positive development for the request of the recognition of Somaliland.
Who is Paul Whiteway?
Paul Whiteway is Director of Independent Diplomat’s London office. In addition to managing ID’s London office, he is responsible for cultivating government and client relationships. Paul has over 30 years of experience as a career diplomat in the UK Foreign Office, with extensive experience in Africa and Latin America. Most recently, Paul served as an Associate Consultant of GDP Global, an economic promotion and business development consultancy.
Source: Radio France Internationale’s English service en.rfi.fr.
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