The President of the Puntland State of Somalia Colonel Abdulahi Yusuf is asking his fellow Somalia delegates at the on-going Somalia National Reconciliation Conference in Eldoret to fully support the conference. Speaking from Gorowe town in Somalia, Col. Yusuf who is one of the delegates at the peace talks said all the delegates must have hope that the talks will succeed. And he disowned the position taken by one of the Somalia leaders Mr. Musa Sudi Yalahow, chairman of the United Somalia Congress (USC), who withdrew from the talks and left for Somalia this week. Puntland’s Minister for Religious Affairs and Justice Mr. Ahmed Ashareh who communicated with Col Yusuf on phone said president described the Eldoret talks as a matter of ‘life and death’ for Somalis. He said it was upon the Somali leaders to reciprocate the hospitality accorded by the Kenya government and utilise it to achieve peace for their country. Mr. Ashreh is one of the delegates at the talks that were last week hit by accusations of high-handedness and corruption as some delegates were ordered to go back home. The Colonel who left Eldoret for Puntland last month is scheduled to return to Kenya on Thursday January 16 to continue with the peace process. While in Puntland, the president tabled a document on the Eldoret peace talks to the Puntland Parliament where it was unanimously endorsed by the legislators. The document, which was signed in November last year by all the 23 Somali faction leaders in Eldoret called for cessation of all hostilities among the leaders. Col. Yussuf promised to call Mr. Yalahow and convince him to return to the conference table and help seek peace in the war torn country. Somalia has had no central government since 1991 when former dictator General Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown. The Puntland leader hailed the Kenya government for hosting the talks and urged for patience as the faction leaders attempted to work out a peace formula.