Following the Consultation Summit on the talks between Somalia and Somaliland held on June 14, 2020 in Djibouti by the leadership of Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia and Somaliland, the Joint Ministerial Committee mandated by the leaders convened on 15-17 June 2020.

The Somalia and the Somaliland ministerial delegations discussed in a warm and brotherly atmosphere in the presence of the mediator, Djibouti Foreign Minister, and the facilitators from the United States of America and the European Union.

It was agreed that the newly established 14 member joint ministerial committee led, for Somalia by H.E .Mr. Abdi Mohamed Sabriye Minister of Interior, and for Somaliland by H.E. Mr. Yasin Hagi Mohamud Minister of Foreign Affairs will lead the Somalia-Somaliland negotiations henceforth.

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