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East African countries want international troops to Somalia 20 000.
Addis Ababa, July 5 .- The leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa want the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to collaborate with the detachment of a peacekeeping force of 20,000 troops to stabilize Somalia, according to said today in Addis Ababa.
In the final communiqu of a emergency summit of IGAD held today, aika gold, in Addis Ababa, the leaders of these seven East African countries also announced the sending of 2,000 troops to Somalia, to complete the planned strength of 8,100 military Mission AU in that country (AMISOM).
Currently, the AMISOM is composed of about 5,000 soldiers from Uganda and Burundi and now the IGAD leaders expressed their intention to cooperate in the mission with 2,000, darkfall gold for sale, additional troops and called on other countries of the AU financial and logistical support.
Also, calling "an urgent and energetic international community, led by the Security Council of the UN, to stop the growing threat facing Somalia and the region (East Africa) and reiterated its call on the UN to convert the AMISOM in a peacekeeping operation the, ffxiv gil, UN. "
The emergency meeting was convened by the president in turn of the IGAD, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, to the "alarming deterioration of security and political situation" in Somalia, which has no effective government since the overthrow of the dictator Siad Barre in 1991.
The situation in Somalia is ruled by external plans as al Qaeda intends to take over the country for use as a platform in East Africa and, if the international community does not stop him, the region could be plunged into chaos, according to officials told IGAD during the Summit.
Somali transitional President, Seikh Sharif Ahmed, the meeting reiterated the request for support for Armed and Security Forces of his country and for building effective government institutions.
"Somalia is in the hands of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, said Ahmed, who asked" coordinated military support to our forces, because otherwise the Somali crisis affecting the entire region "of East Africa.
"The current situation in Somalia should not be accepted," said Zenawi of that country, where most of the territory is under the control of radical Islamic militias, most of them Al Shabab, linked to Al Qaeda, which seeks to overthrow Transitional Government, backed by the international community.
Zenawi also asked the Somali transitional government try to recruit their political opponents to develop an "inclusive" with everyone.
This is the fourth Summit of IGAD in the last twenty months to try to Somalia, where al-Shabab is supported by hundreds of foreign fighters recruited by Al Qaeda.