picturesROME (Reuters) - Italy called
on the international community on Friday to back Somalia's attempt to form a unity government in order to curb rising piracy and instability in the Horn of Africa.Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, hosting a meeting in Rome of the International Contact Group on Somalia, said piracy had reached an "intolerable magnitude" in the Gulf of Aden, where Italian warships participate in a 
EU naval taskforce.Italy and her partners stood ready to step up their efforts to counter piracy, Frattini said, but the root cause of the problem lay in Somalia's political turmoil following 18 years of civil conflict and must be solved by Somalia's government."We therefore support the efforts of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Sharmarke to build a government of national unity, inclusive and open to all components of Somali society which reject violence and terrorism," Frattini said.The government of President Ahmed, who previously led the Islamic Courts Union that controlled Mogadishu before an Ethiopian invasion in 2006, is battling Islamist insurgents...more..http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5580IA20090609
on the international community on Friday to back Somalia's attempt to form a unity government in order to curb rising piracy and instability in the Horn of Africa.Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, hosting a meeting in Rome of the International Contact Group on Somalia, said piracy had reached an "intolerable magnitude" in the Gulf of Aden, where Italian warships participate in a 
EU naval taskforce.Italy and her partners stood ready to step up their efforts to counter piracy, Frattini said, but the root cause of the problem lay in Somalia's political turmoil following 18 years of civil conflict and must be solved by Somalia's government."We therefore support the efforts of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Sharmarke to build a government of national unity, inclusive and open to all components of Somali society which reject violence and terrorism," Frattini said.The government of President Ahmed, who previously led the Islamic Courts Union that controlled Mogadishu before an Ethiopian invasion in 2006, is battling Islamist insurgents...more..http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5580IA20090609
Italy: Address by Minister Frattini: International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia
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