Somalia talks – Cameron predicts ‘safer world’

DAVID Cameron hailed yesterday’s international conference on Somalia as a “turning point” in achieving greater security for the world.

The Prime Minister described Somalia as a “complex jigsaw puzzle” and warned there was “no single solution” for restoring stability in the war-torn nation. But he said the talks were the next stage in a “long journey” that provided a “very real opportunity” for securing change.

International representatives of more than 50 countries and international organisations, including United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, signed up to a series of agreements on tackling piracy and improving security.

Mr Cameron said: “There is a very real opportunity within our grasp. We must now follow through.”