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Sharmake: We didn’t sign military, trade deals with UAE

Sharmake’s denial comes just days after the UAE’s State Minister for Foregin Affairs Anwar Gargash told the BBC Arabic Service that his country’s well-publicized military and trade deals with Somali politicians from the northeastern region were the result of “understandings” with previous Somali governments.

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MOGADISHU – Somalia’s former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake dismissed claims that his government signed secret trade deals with the United Arab Emirates allowing the Gulf…
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Iro to Muse Bihi: Resign over UAE deal or face impeachment

Iro was reacting to a UAE minister who said that the port of Berbera deal was the result of mutual understandings between Somalia’s national government and his country.

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By the Star Staff Writer MOGADISHU -- The current leader of the northwestern region of Somalia, Muse Bihi Abdi, and his predecessor, Ahmed Mahamed Mahamud Siilaanyo have committed a high…
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UAE: Our policy is a united Somalia

The declaration ends speculations that the Gulf state’s recent deal with politicians from that region was a prelude to forming diplomatic ties with an area that was agitating for independence since 1991.

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By The Star Staff Writer MOGADISHU—The United Arab Emirates doesn’t recognize the northwestern Somali region as an independent country, said Abu Dhabi’s state minister for foreign…