May 21, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers yesterday called on the UN Security Council to sanction Eritrea over call to over throw the Somali government.
In an extraordinary meeting dedicated to the security and political situation in Somalia on Thursday May 20 held in the Ethiopian capital the regional body appealed to impose sanction without delay on Eritrea saying Asmara called for the overthrow of the Somali government and attacks on African peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Presided over by Foreign Minister, Seyoum Mesfin, the meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sudan and Executive Secretary of IGAD.
In a communiqué it issued at the end of the session, the IGAD called upon the UNSC to impose a no-fly zone, expect for humanitarian purposes authorized by the government. It also called upon the UN Security Council to impose a blockade on sea ports particularly Kismayo and Merka to prevent the further in-flow of arms and foreign fighters, in this regard the Council urged the UNSC to reach out to the international naval forces present in the region to enforce the blockade...more..http://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article31239
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