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Djibouti and was attended by the
following Heads of State and
Government: His Excellency
Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime
Minister of the Federal
Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia; His Excellency Uhuru
Kenyatta, President of the
Republic of Kenya and, His
Excellency Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud, President of the
Federal Republic of Somalia. His
Excellency Alain Aime
Nyamitwe, Minister of Foreign
Affairs and International
Cooperation and His Excellency
Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye
Minister of National Defence
represented the Republic of
Burundi; His Excellency Mansur
Mohammed Dan Ali, Minister of
Defence represented the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, and His
Excellency (Hon) General Jeje
Odongo, Minister of State for
Defence and His Excellency
(Hon) Philmon Mateke Minister
of State for Regional
Cooperation represented the
Republic of Uganda. His
Excellency, Ambassador Smail
Chergui, African Union (AU)
Commissioner for Peace and
Security and His Excellency,
Ambassador Francisco Madeira,
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Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the Commission
(SRCC) and Head of AMISOM,
represented the AU Commission.
After considering the
Conclusions of the preparatory
meeting at Ministerial level, the
Summit:
Notes the commitments made by
the Federal Government of
Somalia (FGS) towards an
inclusive electoral process within
the constitutional mandated
timeline of 2016, especially the
efforts made in reaching a
consensus agreement on a model
for the 2016 elections and
stresses the need for the
Government to build on this
important foundation, in order to
fully achieve an inclusive and
credible electoral outcome,
representative of all Federal
Member States. In this respect,
welcomes the efforts made by
IGAD in its establishment of a
Ministerial team to support the
FGS engagement with Puntland
in order to ensure the smooth and
timely implementation of the
agreed electoral model.