Somalia has resumed relations with Kenya after nearly six months of new border conflicts

Somalia has said it will resume ties after the conflict due to “lack of intervention in each other’s problems”.

Somalia has said it is resuming diplomatic relations with neighboring Kenya after breaking off ties in December, accusing Nairobi of interfering in its problems.

Relations between countries have also been strained property Potential oil and gas depots, some of which are located on the Jubbaland coast, one of the five semi-autonomous states of Somalia.

“The Somali Federal Government has announced that in line with the interests of the good neighbor, it has restored diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kenya,” the Ministry of Information said in a statement on Thursday.

“The two governments agree to maintain friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, not to interfere in each other’s problems, equality, mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence.”

In the statement, he thanked Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for acknowledging his involvement in the reconciliation, and welcomed the dissolution of Kenya.

Nairobi said it has taken the statement into account and looks forward to “normalizing relations with the Somali authorities”.

“From the international community, and especially the Qatari government, in its efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between Somalia and Kenya, it is supported by the foreign ministry,” it said in a statement.

The Nairobi State House tweeted on Thursday evening that President Uhuru Kenyatta had received a “special message” from Emir Al Ali, a special envoy of Qatar’s foreign minister.

Somalia severed ties on December 15 after Kenya took over the leadership of Somaliland, a fugitive state not recognized by the central government in Mogadishu.

The country has long talked about what it calls Kenya to enter its cross-border regions, and Nairobi has accused Mogadishu of using it as a cap in the face of its political problems.

November, Somalia expelled He recalled the Kenyan ambassador and his own from Nairobi after accusing Kenya of interfering in the Jubbaland election process.

The couple have also been embroiled in a long-running territorial dispute over part of the Indian Ocean, which was believed to have valuable oil and gas deposits, and have sought international arbitration on the matter.

The conflict over access to deposits gained by nations escalated in early 2019 when Somalia decided to auction off oil and gas blocks in a disputed maritime area, prompting Kenya to recall its ambassador from Mogadishu in February that year.

The two countries re-established ties in November of the same year.

Both are currently before the World Court to try the maritime border case.