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The Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Parliament approved the Petroleum Law of Somalia in early 2020, with this accelerated law preceded by other important laws such as the Electoral Law, and last week the ousted Federal Government approved the establishment of the Petroleum Authority following the completion of the law Petroleum.
The Council of Ministers, at its meeting last Thursday (July 30, 2020), approved investment agreements between. The speed of movement is going on in the subtle use resources & Petroleum Somalia has a strong standing its controversial rules and agreements with foreign governments pushing back its peace and life of the end time.
Qatar and Somalia’s Petroleum
The Qatari royal family, which is said to have funded President Farmajo’s election campaign, is one of the main driving forces behind Villa Somalia’s domestic and foreign policy, and Qatar is also interested in oil and gas in Somalia’s territorial waters. Qatar, meanwhile, continues to play a role in what has been called a “start-up” between al-Shabab and the federal government, although the plan has not yet been successful. Doha is believed to play a key role in the great relationship between Villa Somalia and Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia and Qatar
The Qatari government has strengthened ties with Ethiopia in recent years, and in 2017, two months after the election of President Farmajo, the Emir of Qatar made his first visit to Addis Ababa. Qatar wants to invest in Ethiopia’s agriculture and compete with the UAE for regional influence.
Abiy Ahmed paid an important visit to Qatar at the end of 2019. The issues discussed were trade and the situation in Somalia.
Ethiopia and Somalia
President Farmajo said that there will be an agreement, cooperation and trade integration with the government of Ethiopia and the government of Somalia said that an investment agreement for four ports in Somalia to use Ethiopian Naval base with the Somalia become colony by Ethiopian with the government of Abi Ahmed, but the agreement does not specify where Ethiopia will invest and where the country in Somalia.
2020/21 Elections and Farmajo’s Future
The president of Somalia Mohamed and efforts are just as another post could be seeking contacts in Ethiopia and Qatar to use elections as selling efforts to be the leader of the only established contracts issued with countries. Nevertheless standing its controversial rules of law adopted by the Petroleum Council of the People’s Government in the county are members of the Federal Government, a non-proportional sharing agreement the Federal Government and the member as defined in the Constitution.
The current political instability in Somalia remains unclear if President Farmajo persists in his bid for re-election. It is also in the interest of Western countries, which are the largest donors to the Somali government, who have long been greedy for Somalia’s resources with the main donors to AMISOM forces protecting the Federal Government of Somalia.
It is certain that Somalia needs to take advantage of the God-given resources that can bring development to this ruined country, but the great danger is that this competition of foreigners for these resources can lead the country and the people of Somalia to a different conflict already in the country.