UN, US delegations in Somalia

Somalia's president Abdul Qasem Salad Hassan has unveiled that an American delegation and another UN delegation will visit Somalia shortly in order to take sure that the country is free from terrorist groups. He said he had asked Washington to give financial support and aid for his government so as to be able to impose control on all the territories of Somalia.

In a statement to the Sudanese daily al-Sahafa al-Dawliyah issued on Monday, Salad Hassan described IGAD's summit on reconciliation in Somalia as positive. He expressed hope that the process of reconciliation with be completed in Somalia with the participation of all groups and certain Somalia districts in the next Nairobi conference to be held after 2 months.

Salad Hassan indicated that the differences between his government and Ethiopia still exist despite the fact that the two sides reached a sort of an agreement.