Reports from Garowe town, the regional capital of Puntland state in southern Somalia indicate that a regional head consultative meeting scheduled for September 21st has been called.
In the consultative meeting, the presidents of the regional administrations are expected to discuss the acceleration of the elections and the overall situation in the country, following a bitter dispute between president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the prime minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble.
Sources close to the Puntland presidency confirmed that the meeting had been canceled at the request of the Galmudug president Ahmed Abdi Kariye.
The consultative meeting, which was announced on the 17th of this month at a press conference held by Somali regional leaders.
