Somalia has rejected the Commission of The African Union invitation to a briefing on the maritime row with Kenya.
Instead it has expressed its confidence in the International Court of Justice and its ability to deliver a fair ruling.
The ICJ is set to hear the dispute between September 9-13 at the Peace Place, in the Hague,Netherlands.
The ICJ said the first round of hearing will take place on September 9 ,when Somalia will make its submission ,while Kenya will respond on September 11.
In a statement dated August 21, Somalia Ministry of foreign affairs said it would be inappropriate to respond to the matter while the matter is pending in the ICJ.
Kenya in new diplomatic attempt to avoid the principal judicial organ of the World @CIJ_ICJ settle the maritime dispute w/ Somalia. In this letter purportedly by Kenya to the AU, the dispute is about regional security, war against Shabaab and presence of its troops in AMISOM. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/rJexxocrI6
— Harun Maruf (@HarunMaruf) August 23, 2019
The Ministry said it’s roped in the ICJ because the agreement with Kenya failed.
Somalia faulted Kenyan MPs saying they would deploy KDF to secure their border.
Kenya has been pushing to have the matter solved through a political negotiation rather than through court.
The country is pushing for the maritime border to run a long parallel latitude southeast of Kiunga ,while Somalia, on the other hand is arguing for a diagonal line down the Kenyan coast.
This threatens to make Kenya a landlocked country losing 42 percent of its territory.
This has already caused animosity among both countries. Somalia recalled its Ambassador but Kenya through the Foreign Ministry has vowed not to surrender even an inch of its land to Somalia.