What awaits Somaliland (even oil rich Kurdistan autonomous region) has been brought back to reality

[Bohol]

According to Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the airports will come under the Federal Interior Ministry and be run in coordination with security forces in Baghdad.

BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN

MARCH 13, 2018 15:38

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued an executive decree on Tuesday to allow international flights to land again in Erbil and Sulaimaniya, in the autonomous Kurdistan region. These would be the first flights since Baghdad ordered the two airports closed to international routes in September 2017 after the Kurdistan region held an independence referendum.

The order by Abadi was announced on Twitter by an account of the government of Iraq. It says the order to open the airports will be implemented within a week and will be in “compliance with the rules of Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority.”


According to Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the airports will come under the Federal Interior Ministry and be run in coordination with security forces in Baghdad. This will include “biometric systems” linked to Baghdad.

Kurdistan Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari commended the decree.

“The reopening of the airports is a step in the right direction toward resolving impending issues between the region and Baghdad.”

It appears that the reopening came after a series of discussions between KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Abadi’s administration. Barzani and KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani met with Abadi at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.


Behind the scenes, several Western governments encouraged Baghdad to open the airports and sought a compromise between Erbil and Baghdad. Baghdad has said it wants federal control of all border crossings of the Kurdistan region.

Prior to the airport closure Erbil operated a different visa system than Baghdad, which fostered foreign investment in the Kurdish region and made it a flexible destination. After the closure, all flights were routed through Baghdad and the number of arrivals in the Kurdistan region declined from up to 50,000 a month to as few as 7,000 a month, according to reports.

Many Kurds in northern Iraq celebrated the news on Tuesday. But they are also waiting to see what the federal controls at the airport will mean and how it will operate.


http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraq-will-reopen-Kurdistan-regions-airports-544965

 

[Deactivated]

If I was a lander, I would be a hardcore lander.

I would drink that Kool-Aide so friggin fast.

We need to have a switch your Gobol day in Somalia; where everyone acts like someone from another Gobol for the day.

I would love to wave that flag around and yell Ingriiiskaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

 

[HouseofSamaale]

Can someone explain what Jeegaan is?

 

[Bohol]

If I was a lander, I would be a hardcore lander.

I would drink that Kool-Aide so friggin fast.

We need to have a switch your Gobol day in Somalia; where everyone acts like someone from another Gobol for the day.

I would love to wave that flag around and yell Ingriiiskaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

Somaliland is not a gobol though it is a scam. My gobol is Sanaag.

 

[Lordilord]

Lol the Kurds were suppressed by all neighboring countries not so much by Syria but still Iraq, Iran and Turkey was against their independence movement. The difference is HUGE with Somaliland.

Somalia wants to stop us but can't enforce anything on us..

 

[Bohol]

Lol the Kurds were suppressed by all neighboring countries not so much by Syria but still Iraq, Iran and Turkey was against their independence movement. The difference is HUGE with Somaliland.

Somalia wants to stop us but can't enforce anything on us..

Somaliland can't get recognition because the legitimate federal of government of Somalia is
against it. Also Djibouti don't support it same goes for Ethiopia. Why do you think there is
no "recognition" for over 27 years?

 

[Lordilord]

Somaliland can't get recognition because the legitimate federal of government of Somalia is
against it. Also Djibouti don't support it same goes for Ethiopia.

Djibouti is not equivalent to Turkey or Iran, far from it. Somalia's legitimacy is symbolical at most. I'm not even going to mention Somalia they have no power in Somaliland.

Ethiopia? Are we talking about the same Ethiopia that went behind Somalia's back and signed a deal with Somaliland? They themselves are highly invested in Somaliland and our success is theirs. Somaliland is probably the only de facto state that has absolute control.

Kurds and Catalonia were shut down because powerful nations are against their movement.

 

[Bohol]

@Lordilord Ethiopia doesn't mind Somaliland becoming kilinka 6aad but nah they
don't support recognition of it since they have their own problems with separatists. Why buy the cow when you can milk it for free? current situation of Sland (forever in limbo) benefits Ethiopia.

 

[Lordilord]

@Lordilord Ethiopia doesn't mind Somaliland becoming kilinka 6aad but nah they
don't support recognition of it since they have their own problems with separatists.

Yes because they are afraid, it is nothing more than a precautionary method. They have their own separatist movements to quell. This doesn't diminish their relationship with Somaliland.

If Ethiopia was united and had no separatist issues, all of this would be moot. They would have most likely recognized us by now.

 

[Bohol]

Yes because they are afraid, it is nothing more than a precautionary method. They have their own separatist movements to quell. This doesn't diminish their relationship with Somaliland.

If Ethiopia was united and had no separatist issues, all of this would be moot. They would have most likely recognized us by now.

Indeed but reality is they will never support it (they don't want risking Oromia, Somali
region and other federal states in Ethiopia getting ideas). Majority of the AU nations will
never support recognition of Somaliland as well because they know it will set a dangerous
precedent otherwise as there is a alot of tribal regions in Africa who all want to breakaway
and get "recognition".

 

[Lordilord]

Indeed but reality is they will never support it (they don't want risking Oromia, Somali region
and other federal states in Ethiopia getting ideas).

We will see, if any other country recognizes us first they would have incentive to recognize Somaliland.

 

[Bohol]

We will see, if any other country recognizes us first they would have incentive to recognize Somaliland.

It doesn't work like that. All roads lead to Mogadishu and the AU. The only way Somaliland
will get recognized is if Mogadishu allows a referendum a bit like the South Sudan one (which
was allowed by Khartoum pressured by big governments like the USA).

 

[Lordilord]

It doesn't work like that. All roads lead to Mogadishu and the AU. The only way Somaliland
will get recognized is if Mogadishu allows a referendum a bit like the south Sudan one (which
was allowed by Khartoum).

You are right but what I mean is getting partial recognition. What we have is de facto recognition which basically is a finer word for "rebels".

Getting partially recgonized would let us operate freer and less isolation. Full freedom is by AU or Somalia which you are correct about.

 

[Bohol]

You are right but what I mean is getting partial recognition. What we have is de facto recognition which basically is a finer word for "rebels".

Getting partially recgonized would let us operate freer and less isolation. Full freedom is by AU or Somalia which you are correct about.

Also Somaliland has no oil there is no incentive by major powers to push for its recognition. In their eyes it is just another backwater region in Somalia.

 

[Hybrid]

You are right but what I mean is getting partial recognition. What we have is de facto recognition which basically is a finer word for "rebels".

Getting partially recgonized would let us operate freer and less isolation. Full freedom is by AU or Somalia which you are correct about.

We need to wake up and smell the coffee sxb. There's a higher chance of seeing a unicorn flying in the sky than Somaliland getting partial or international recognition.
Can you tell me what's so bad about uniting with Somalia ? You get to have more girls to f*ck, more land to invest , access to more universities and healthcare. Isaaqs are naturally business driven people. We could have been the richest people in the horn if we weren't isolating ourselves.

 

[Lordilord]

We need to wake up and smell the coffee sxb. There's a higher chance of seeing a unicorn flying in the sky than Somaliland getting partial or international recognition.
Can you tell me what's so bad about uniting with Somalia ? You get to have more girls to f*ck, more land to invest , access to more universities and healthcare. Isaaqs are naturally business driven people. We could have been the richest people in the horn if we weren't isolating ourselves.

Very far fetched statement by you. Politically Somaliland has actually never been closer to partially recognition than these couple of years so I don't understand what you mean by that. Past events like the foreign military base and the Port concession and with Ethiopia joining in on deal. You can't deny this. You can be against it but that is pretty much it..

Somaliland already operate separately from Somalia. Everything is done independently and have been for 27 years so for that to all of a sudden change is not something we want. We are already at the bottom so joining Somalia wont change anything so we do our own thing.

There are more advantages to being independent than being a part of Somalia. The economy grows faster as of now.

 

[Hybrid]

Very far fetched statement by you. Politically Somaliland has actually never been closer to partially recognition than these couple of years so I don't understand what you mean by that. Past events like the foreign military base and the Port concession and with Ethiopia joining in on deal. You can't deny this. You can be against it but that is pretty much it..

Somaliland already operate separately from Somalia. Everything is done independently and have been for 27 years so for that to all of a sudden change is not something we want. We are already at the bottom so joining Somalia wont change anything so we do our own thing.

There are more advantages to being independent than being a part of Somalia. The economy grows faster as of now.

WAKE UP sxb

 

[Bohol]

WAKE UP sxb

They don't understand the world doesn't want several Somalias. One begging bowl is enough trouble for the IC.

 

[Lordilord]

WAKE UP sxb

Waar na dhaf, haha it's like a break up that is never ending.

In sha Allah Somaliland and Somalia can be thriving and successful together but as separate states. This is not a dream.

 

[Gambar]

We need to wake up and smell the coffee sxb. There's a higher chance of seeing a unicorn flying in the sky than Somaliland getting partial or international recognition.
Can you tell me what's so bad about uniting with Somalia ? You get to have more girls to f*ck, more land to invest , access to more universities and healthcare. Isaaqs are naturally business driven people. We could have been the richest people in the horn if we weren't isolating ourselves.

What a xasid you are. Djibouti can have recognition but they can’t haye!