Statement issued by Eritrea-based Somali opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) [Mareeg Online]

...Eritrea is our friend and we owe a debt of unforgettable gratitude to it, but decisions about Somalia will have to be made by Somalis themselves. We ask the Eritrean government to reconsider the unacceptable position it has taken and it should know that the collapse of the alliance that was set up in Eritrea serves neither its interests nor ours...More..