Allen had just returned from a meeting with the Pakistani army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, to discuss border co-operation.

The programme will play a consequential role in stimulating cross border co-operation, promoting peer learning and making these sectors more professional.

Recognition of Somaliland is more likely to engender such cross border co-operation than an inevitable fall back to "Greater Somalia" nightmare.

In this year's budget an amount equivalent to 30 million ecu was approved by Parliament to be used for furthering cross border co-operation in border areas. Why has this money still not been made available?