Somalia has taken up its seat at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit for the first time in more than a decade of civil strife. Interim Somali President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan arrived in Khartoum on 23 November, sources close to the Somali government told IRIN. Members of the Somali cabinet travelled with the president, including Foreign Minister Ismail Mahmud Hurre ‘Buba’. The summit will begin on Thursday at ministerial level on Thursday. Ethiopia was until very recently opposed to the seating of the transitional government at the IGAD summit, diplomatic sources told IRIN. It has called for the new government to involve Somali factions who boycotted the Djibouti-hosted talks which elected the new government.
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