IGAD CALLS UPON SOMALI LEADERS TO COMMENCE NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE FORUM WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY
March 23, 2020 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti) IGAD expresses deep concern that the National Consultative Forum meeting could not take place as planned.
IGAD urges all leaders to refrain from all acts that may jeopardize efforts to resume dialogue and further deepen the current political stalemate.
Further, IGAD encourages the members of the National Consultative Forum to recommit to the path of dialogue and work together in harmony and in the spirit of compromise, in the best interest of the people of Somalia.
The interests of the Somali people remains paramount and the Somali leadership must deliver on popular aspiration for peaceful, inclusive, free, fair and credible elections. Failure is not an option.