Somaliland and Somalia have accepted peace treaty brokered by the United States Chargé d’affaires Martin Dale. Mr Dale met with Somaliland President HE Muse Bihi Abdi on August 4th and discussed the terms of the peace settlement to end the conflict in Tukeraq with Somalia’s state of Puntland.

SL President Bihi and US Charge Dale had a productive meeting on regional politics, development and humanitarian assistance, and finding an immediate resolution to the SL-PL conflict. pic.twitter.com/WeIHasCGq2 — U.S. Mission-Somalia (@US2SOMALIA) August 4, 2018

Additionally, Mr Dale met with the Somali President Mohamed Abdillahi Farmajo in Mogadishu the same day.

United States Charge D’Affairs Martin Dale with President Muse Bihi

Mr. Dale’s meeting with the two heads of state follows the meetings with the recent visit of IGAD and UNSOM delegation that met with both sides of the Tukeraq conflict as well as members of Somaliland’s opposition parties.

In #Hargeisa today, as part of joint efforts to resolve #Tukaraq conflict, IGAD's Mohamed Ali Guyo and @UNSOM's Raisedon Zenenga presented President Muse Bihi and others with proposals that could lead to peaceful solution. It was agreed that these should be further discussed. pic.twitter.com/945xwhQSfb — UNSOM (@UNSomalia) July 30, 2018

Diplomatic sources in Nairobi as well as others in Somaliland Presidency confirm the peace settlement and that all sides have accepted and have started to quietly implement its terms.

The most important elements of the settlement include the immediate cessation of hostilities and establishment of direct communication channel between commanders, restart Somaliland and Somalia talks as early as possible and release of POWS.

There are additional terms that Somaliland Chronicle have agreed to not discuss due to the sensitive nature of the settlement.