US embassy cable - 04DJIBOUTI1180

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Identifier:	04DJIBOUTI1180
Wikileaks:	View 04DJIBOUTI1180 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Djibouti
Created:	2004-09-08 12:00:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL PGOV PINR SO DJ
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L DJIBOUTI 001180 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/E AND INR/B 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/08/2014 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PINR, SO, DJ 
SUBJECT: NOMINATION OF DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA 
 
Classified By: Pol/Econ Erinn C. Reed for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (U) In the 20th meeting of the Council of Ministers on 7 
September, where President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided, the 
counsel approved the proclamation for nomination of 
Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Warsama to the position of Ambassador to 
Somalia.  Warsama will receive the title of Ambassador of the 
Republic of Djibouti to Somalia and Special Envoy for the 
Somalia Reconciliation Process. 
 
2. (C) BIO: Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Warsama has formerly held 
the position of Head of the Information and Archives 
Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Since the 
Somali Peace process meeting in Arta in 2000, Warsama has 
been very involved in the Somalia issue.  In 2003, he was 
promoted to Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
Special Envoy to Somalia in Kenya.  He speaks English 
fluently and is known to be an artist and an intellectual. 
Warsama started a band 12 years ago called "Balbala Blues," 
which recorded two albums but was unsuccessful for financial 
reasons.  He has been very involved in starting the regional 
music festival "Fest Horn."  Warsama married one year ago. 
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