By Goth Mohamed Goth
Somaliland Minister of Energy and Minerals Resources Hon Hussein Abdi Dualeh and other top officials in his ministry today returned to the country after concluding the a two and half weeks tour which began in Dubai , UAE followed by a two week working stint covering three different region of peoples republic of China.
Hon Hussein Abdi Dualeh speaking to the media during a press conference held in the VIP lounge at the Egal International Airport said, “The purpose of our recent trip to China came about when we (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources) got an invitation from the GUANGZHOU DONGSONG ENERGY CO LTD which recently signed a contractual agreement with Somaliland government to conduct a nationwide Comprehensive survey to map the mineral potential and to develop the country’s energy sector.
“We started our working tour in Guangzhou province where the energy company operations are mainly based, there we got firsthand familiarization of the company’s massive operations, afterwards we then proceeded to Yunnan Province where major mining activities take place and finally we had the opportunity to fly to Beijing the capital of the people’s republic of china where we had a series of meeting with top management of the Chinese energy firm”, he stated.
Hon Hussein Abdi Dualeh went on to say, “Our Chinese partners assured us of their commitment to begin the compressive survey of minerals in the country which will be conducted by Chinese owned satellites also known as remote sensing which will be used to map the various types of minerals present and their geographical location in the country this will be the first phase and will be followed by deploying engineers and geologist on the ground to conduct geological assessment of the presence of minerals in the ground. The Chinese energy company will then partner with two firms of Chinese origins one which known as the China Remote Sensing.
“During our numerous meeting with the management of Chinese energy firm, we reaffirmed the need to develop our coal industry by the extracting ,production of coal Somaliland, our government and the Chinese firm will enter agreement for the construction of a power factory which will produce electricity through locally produced coal”, he said.
The Minister of Energy added , “When the satellites and geological survey are completed ,then only then shall we be in a position to determine the mineral types that exist and the quantities which will hence be of important significance in the signing of future agreements and contracts between our government and would be interested groups the mining sector.
“Our Chinese partners have pledged to open new doors in Sino-Somaliland relation and they ‘re extending an invitation to H.E President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Silanyo to visit mainland China in the near future ; The energy company they even went to the extent of promising to establish a Chinese language website which will be used for exposing what Somaliland as a country has to offers to the Chinese people and to the world in particular and the opening an office in the industrial city of Guangzhou soon aimed at promoting our shared interests and which will also be a commercial office which will in the future issue visas and most importantly to enhance diplomatic relations between the government of Somaliland and the Chinese government”, Hon. Dualeh said.
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Bravo Mr. Dualeh you are better than most . Keep up the good work that you are doing for your country and for your people. Soon your efforts will bear fruit.
This is the the First time nor it will be last to hear Energy Companies making promises, be Turkish, Briish or Chinese will not be a different
This is the 6th time Somaliland Gov says they agreed with international companies, what happened to all of those companies who signed agreememtns with SOmalialadn GOV? ask yourselfs, the reason is accoding to International Law governing Oil, Gas or Natural Resources, many companies realized they cannot proceed without agreement between Federal Gov of Somalia and Somalilnd, and untill that happens there will be no real Oil exploration or Minirals anywhere in Somaliland.
The same happened in Puntland during Faroole's Gov, millions has been pocketed from Australian Company who went furhter adn started the work and then realized from their Legal Department that they cannot doit until the formation of Federal GOV of Somalia and passing a legislation that will distrubute fairly between different States.
So can anyone ask Somaliland Minister of Energy and Minerals Resources, Mr. Hussein Abdi Dualeh what is the real deal? I am waiting the answer.
Abdulhalim Ibrahim RIJAAL
Your FAKE Government has no jurisdiction outside Somalia-Italia if that!
Legally your Government would have no case in court if challenged to proof the existence of Union… Who ratified the union?
It was a Xaraam-Union null and void over the last 23years.
Two-STATE dialogue process kills your whole perspective…
What Federal????who elected them?????
In fact, what preliminary exploration of mineral resources will be effected is very important for the future development of the country, no matters of the legislative problems. Without knowledge of what really was buried in earth's womb would be impossible to evaluate future growth of the economics. So, in my point of view, every attempt to reveal the natural resources of this land deserves attention and support. Somaliland badly needs investments and this venture would be useful for the country.