Somalia
House of Lords
Viscount Waverley (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government who has been invited to attend the forthcoming London Somalia conference from Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
Lord Howell of Guildford (Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Conservative)
We secured senior attendance from the region, including: Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Djibouti; Uganda; and the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development. Representatives from Somalia included: the leaders of the transitional federal institutions; the mayor of Mogadishu; the presidents of Puntland and Galmudug; and representatives of Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaah. We welcomed the participation of the president of Somaliland, and the experience that Somaliland can provide of peacebuilding in the region.