Somali house Speaker: “lifting the arms embargo on Somalia is unproductive”

The speaker of the Somali Parliament Shariif Hassan Shiekh Adan has dismissed the possibility of lifting the arms embargo on Somalia as unproductive, saying that reconciliation should come first.

Mr: Hassan has stressed that reconciliation among the Somali politicians will pave the way for total solution to all Somali problems.

The Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan
He told that the legal procedure of the parliament should be followed, but Somalia needs reconciliation not weapons.

Lift of the arms embargo on Somalia is one of the sensitive issues, which caused the rift that endangered the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia before the extraordinary session of the parliament, which is continuing in Baidoa.
Somali Government Online