Luxemburg, 14/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Deeply concerned by recent violence between armed groups in and around Mogadishu, the EU urges all parties to start a dialogue aimed at consolidating reconciliation in Somalia. The conclusions adopted by the Council on 12 June relayed this message from the EU foreign ministers. This violence posed a serious threat to the fragile process of transition towards democratic institutions, they stressed. The EU “welcomes reconciliatory statements from the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI), notes the statement from the Union of Islamic Courts and encourages a similar approach from other parties in Mogadishu”. Recalling its commitment to support the development of the capacities of the Somali security sector, the EU urges all parties to “observe the arms embargo scrupulously and to avoid further destabilising a country which is already flooded with armaments”.