Somalia's new Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) told «Middle East» The members of his government are eligible and pending the Arab and international support
Cairo: Khaled Mahmoud
Somalia's new Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) to wage war on al-Qaida in Somalia has become inevitable, in view of what caused the organization of instability and insecurity, stressing his intention to expel the elements of the organization and his loyalists from within the territory of Somalia.
. He said Frmajo in an interview for «Middle East», is the first since his appointment, that the war on the «base» is not an option or a luxury, but is the only way to make a radical change in Somalia, which has been suffering for nearly 19 years of civil war and chaos, security and political tidal. The Frmajo, by telephone from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, that the whole world will be safe if successful, al-Qaeda in making Somalia a stable base to him, warning of the consequences of this, not only on the security of Somalia or the Horn of Africa, it will extend its impact to the different areas and many the world. He said that his government would open the door to dialogue with the Mujahideen Youth Movement, which has been fighting the government in Mogadishu.
The Somali Prime Minister was confident of receiving the required majority of members of the Somali parliament, meeting in the upcoming twenty-second of this month to give his government the confidence needed to begin its work. He stressed that the fight against corruption and try to achieve security and stability on the chest of the priorities of his government, composed of 18 ministers, mostly - as said - qualified academics and have considerable experience in public work.
* What do you expect from the next meeting of Parliament?
. - Presented to members of my parliament and president, and wait for Parliament to give the required confidence to this government so begin work within days.
* Some had reservations about the formation of your government?
- Perhaps, but members of my qualified and have a university education and some even have graduate degrees ... They are ready to serve this country, and most had a long experience in the field of specialization.
* However, some lawmakers say the other hand they do not have experience in politics?
- Well, the situation in Somalia is complicated, and the security situation is very bad. The main problem is two things: the security issue, and the presence of a strong government and effective.. Of course this government will work to achieve the security organization of the ranks of our troops and ensure their salaries, to fight our enemies, the functions of government with political, security and public services will be provided for the benefit of the wider population.. We have a positive goal and objective, and enjoy the credibility and transparency.
* Some rumors claim that the choice of ministers governed by the background of your relationship with America?
- This is not true at all ... Some of them came from the United States and Europe, but in the end Somali citizens and have the experience and education, and are entitled to come here to work for the people especially as they enjoy the determinants necessary and required at the highest level.
* Are you selected your own without any outside interference?
- Yes, all the members of the government, and learn new ones, some of them were in previous governments, were selected through cooperation between me and the President ... But in General I am selected or recommended to them.
* Punish many of the heads of ministries, but their differences with the president toppled them, what makes you different from them?
- One of my priorities is also working with President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Speaker Sharif Hassan Adam, and without this cooperation, I cannot do my job. We need to solve any problem through dialogue instead of direct transfer of internationalization or abroad.
؟ * Do you expect the full cooperation of the two parties?
- Without a doubt, and I assure you that we now have good relations with the President and Speaker of Parliament, and to assure that the relations between the president and parliament speaker are good, and are working in the public interest.
* How to deal with the security file?
.. - Must be peace, and we have specific responsibilities in this regard, and we should organize ourselves and our troops and face our enemies. I think it no other way to face the enemy if they do not deal with us.
* Who are your enemies in particular?
- Are these jihadists who have come here from Afghanistan and Pakistan in an attempt to obtain a safe haven and the exploitation of Somalia known conditions and the absence of a functioning government since many years, in order to launch their attack on the rest of the world from here.. These are our enemies. The Somalis belonging to them, they are not the attackers, and have no background on the ideology espoused by them We are talking here about the fighters and international terrorists because the local Somalis here do not understand what they fully understand.
* This means that the first will be your war against al-Qaeda?
- Yes ... Those who came from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and they should leave immediately, and seek to fight their country, instead of using our territory and the exploitation of our citizens.
* Is «base» is strong enough to destabilize the country?
- Yes, definitely. Those belonging to the organization and has strong military capability and combat, and we must confront them because they threaten the peace and stability in Somalia We do not have any other option to defend ourselves and our country and our citizens, if you came here to destroy my country will not hesitate to confront them and fight them ... I appeal to the Arab world and the international community our support, because these terrorists if they succeeded in their mission and won this war, here you will not hesitate to go to any other Arab capital, will remain a safe and sound.
: How do you do that?
. - Certainly without the support of the international community will not be able to achieve what we want to eliminate them. This is the best opportunity for the United States and the Arab States and Europe and Africa to come to us for help so that we can regain control of things.
* Well you think of a special relationship with the United States?
. - We will work with any country, including the Arab and Islamic countries, especially African countries that have forces here are working within the African Union forces to peacekeeping, such as Uganda and Burundi.. We will establish special relations with any country that wants to combat terrorism or to have a common interest with us in the elimination of «Qaeda» and terrorism. Want to say to the world that what happens here a very serious matter, and if the terrorists succeeded and won this war will move to other regions in the world. These terrorists have declared their strategy, and declared their intentions, and everyone that supports my Government to face them.
* How to deal with the Islamic Party and the youth movement, and whether we Stattabarham a part of the «base»?
- We are talking about peace, and are ready to positive dialogue with those who are not linked directly to al-Qaeda .. Anyone who is willing to work with us to rebuild the country we are ready to cooperate with him.
* A report says that Somalia tops the list of risk exposure to potential terrorism, do you agree it?
- Yes.. There is no doubt that al Qaeda can only live in an environment such as Somalia, where a strong government.. And have a safe haven to launch the strategy. We work to build a strong government be effective to counter the threat of these, let me appeal to the international community through the newspaper «Middle East» to cooperate with us.
* * What do you expect from the Arab world?
-. - The Arab world, particularly the Arab League, we want to support the political and financial support.. The Arab countries always help and provide security expertise and financial assistance, ask them now to double this effort to help a strong government and the rebuilding of this country.
* * But the Arabs have lost confidence in governments that Sbaktk, what's grandfather on the situation?
.. - This new government.. And our priorities are the fight against corruption ... And members of government are eligible to do so.
. In order to restore stability, we are to have a strong government, and we look forward to the Arab countries to help us to move forward in our work and serve our people's way of security.
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