Somalia – Visit of UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met with UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah yesterday afternoon, and previously with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook, and National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs Bobby Pittman to discuss Somalia’s political process and implementation of the June 9^th agreement between Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS). The Secretary and others emphasized U.S. support for Ould-Abdallah’s efforts in the political process and for deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Somalia.