The Somali committee of the Arab League also met on Monday to discuss Djibouti’s plan to help establish peace and stability in Somalia, news organisations reported. The secretary-general of the League, Esmat Abdel-Meguid, on Sunday expressed its willingness to host a national reconciliation conference for Somalia. He blamed Somali faction leaders for the chaos in the country and called on all countries, especially Somalia’s neighbours, to observe a UN Security Council resolution banning the export of weapons to Somalia. The Arab League’s Somalia committee comprises Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen.
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