Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NAIROBI625
2009-03-27 14:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nairobi
Cable title:
SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RETURNS TO MOGADISHU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 000625
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RETURNS TO MOGADISHU
Classified By: Somalia Unit Counselor Bob Patterson. Reasons: 1.4 b,d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 000625
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RETURNS TO MOGADISHU
Classified By: Somalia Unit Counselor Bob Patterson. Reasons: 1.4 b,d.
1. (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his party returned March 27 to
Mogadishu from Libya after a voyage that began March 14 and
included stops in Kenya (twice),Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda,
Djibouti, and Sudan. Sharif's unscheduled return (we had been
told March 25 that he would depart Libya March 29 for the
Arab League Summit in Qatar) was, according to UN Special
Representative Ould-Abdallah, triggered by the failure of
Qadhafi to arrange, as promised, a meeting with Alliance for
the Re-liberation of Somalia Asmara leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys. Sharif now plans to leave Mogadishu March 29 for the
March 30 - 31 Arab League Summit. End summary.
2. (C) Following a voyage that began March 14, and included
stops in Kenya (twice),Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti,
Sudan, Libya, and Djibouti, TFG President Sheikh Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed and his delegation returned to Mogadishu,
afternoon March 27, where they were met at the airport by TFG
Prime Minister Sharmarke.
3. (C) Sharif's travels had produced an MOU on cooperation
with the Kenyan government, allowed the TFG President to
thank Uganda and Burundi for their contributions to AMISOM
and visit wounded Burundian troops, as well as seek support
for his fledgling government. Members of Sharif's delegation
told us that the long trip had begun to wear on the
President, who felt that he was spending too much time away
from troubled Mogadishu, and could soon join the ranks of
other would-be Somali leaders who spent their time in foreign
capitals while their governments' sank into oblivion.
Particularly frustrating to Sharif, they said, was the week
of March 16, several days of which were spent in Nairobi
reportedly awaiting a promised airplane from Qadhafi that
never materialized.
4. (C) UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou
Ould-Abdallah told us March 27 that Sharif had told him March
26 that he left Libya when a meeting with renegade Alliance
for the Re-liberation of Somalia - Asmara leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys had failed to materialize. The President is now in
Mogadishu, but will leave for Qatar March 29 for the March 30
- 31 Arab League Summit.
RANNEBERGER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/27/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR SO
SUBJECT: SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RETURNS TO MOGADISHU
Classified By: Somalia Unit Counselor Bob Patterson. Reasons: 1.4 b,d.
1. (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his party returned March 27 to
Mogadishu from Libya after a voyage that began March 14 and
included stops in Kenya (twice),Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda,
Djibouti, and Sudan. Sharif's unscheduled return (we had been
told March 25 that he would depart Libya March 29 for the
Arab League Summit in Qatar) was, according to UN Special
Representative Ould-Abdallah, triggered by the failure of
Qadhafi to arrange, as promised, a meeting with Alliance for
the Re-liberation of Somalia Asmara leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys. Sharif now plans to leave Mogadishu March 29 for the
March 30 - 31 Arab League Summit. End summary.
2. (C) Following a voyage that began March 14, and included
stops in Kenya (twice),Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti,
Sudan, Libya, and Djibouti, TFG President Sheikh Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed and his delegation returned to Mogadishu,
afternoon March 27, where they were met at the airport by TFG
Prime Minister Sharmarke.
3. (C) Sharif's travels had produced an MOU on cooperation
with the Kenyan government, allowed the TFG President to
thank Uganda and Burundi for their contributions to AMISOM
and visit wounded Burundian troops, as well as seek support
for his fledgling government. Members of Sharif's delegation
told us that the long trip had begun to wear on the
President, who felt that he was spending too much time away
from troubled Mogadishu, and could soon join the ranks of
other would-be Somali leaders who spent their time in foreign
capitals while their governments' sank into oblivion.
Particularly frustrating to Sharif, they said, was the week
of March 16, several days of which were spent in Nairobi
reportedly awaiting a promised airplane from Qadhafi that
never materialized.
4. (C) UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou
Ould-Abdallah told us March 27 that Sharif had told him March
26 that he left Libya when a meeting with renegade Alliance
for the Re-liberation of Somalia - Asmara leader Hassan Dahir
Aweys had failed to materialize. The President is now in
Mogadishu, but will leave for Qatar March 29 for the March 30
- 31 Arab League Summit.
RANNEBERGER