Presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia and Kenya's
Uhuru Kenyatta at the national prayer breakfast held at Safari Park
Hotel in Nairobi on May 31, 2018. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA
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Somalia's
United Nations envoy denounced Kenya on Thursday as a “destabilising
force” in his country and threatened to initiate UN action against the
country.
In a strongly
worded speech to the UN Security Council that is sure to escalate
tensions between the two countries, Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman said
Somalia has “exhausted all diplomatic means with Kenya".
The
ambassador accused Kenya of interfering in Somalia's internal affairs
and violating the UN Charter by engaging in “anti-peace actions".
Mr
Osman did not specify the Kenyan behaviour that he found objectionable
but condemned its alleged breach of Somalia's “sovereignty, independence
and unity".
“Kenya continues to be a destabilising force, negating its engagement in Amisom,” the diplomat declared.
Kenya currently supplies about
3500 of the 20,000 troops that are fighting Al-Shabaab under the banner
of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
Kenya has violated the UN Charter through aggression that amounts to an “antithesis of global peace,” Mr Osman added.
Warning
that Somalia “will take all measures to defend its sovereignty and
unity,” he threatened to haul Kenya before the council if it “does not
cease its actions".
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