Somali President: No talks with Al-Shabaab militias

Mogadishu (teams)

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud denied reviews of talks between the Somali federal authorities and Al-Shabaab militias linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist group.
The Somali Nationwide Information Company (SONA) reported yesterday that this got here throughout a speech given by President Sheikh Mohamud throughout the celebration of the sixty fourth anniversary of Somalia’s independence, the place he stated: “There aren’t any talks there with the militias (Al-Shabaab). , and the Somali individuals have to be reassured, as a result of the federal government is not going to open the door to… talks, and there’s no reality about this data being circulated.”
Final week, the Somali Nationwide Safety Adviser, Hussein Sheikh Ali, denied that there have been secret talks between the Somali federal authorities and the Al-Shabaab terrorist motion, in response to reviews of this being circulated. on social media.