NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) -- Djibouti has withdrawn as one of the mediators in efforts to bring peace in Somalia to protest against what officials said on Sunday was a lack of "all-inclusive" negotiations in the peace talks.
Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya are members of the technical committee of three countries spearheading Somalia's 14th peace conference being held in Nairobi.
But the tiny Red Sea State of Djibouti said in a statement that it was pulling out of the role because the way the talks are proceeding locks out key players and promotes divisions in Somalia.
"It is a sad thing that the technical committee has signally failed to achieve genuine reconciliation between the Somalis," Ismail Goulal, Djibouti's special envoy to the Somalia peace talks said in a statement.
"Djibouti can no longer be part of a process that is aimed at creating the exact opposite of what it was originally meant to achieve," he added.
Somalia disintegrated into anarchy after former dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was toppled in 1991 as clans pressured by famine and political turmoil launched battles for territory.
The warring parties agreed a transitional constitution on September 15 intended to steer the ruined Horn of Africa country to stability.
But the leader of the defunct Somalia transitional government Abdiqassim Salad Hassan stormed out of the talks angered by the decision by delegates and mediators to pass the constitution without involving him and other factional leaders.
Hassan's Arab-backed Transitional National Government (TNG) was set up in 2000 in Djibouti but it controlled only parts of the capital and tiny pockets elsewhere.
Its mandate expired last month and factions at peace talks held in Kenya have yet to agree a successor administration.
The African Union's special envoy to the Somalia talks Mohammed Ali Faum urged the mediators to aim for a wider participation of all parties in Somalia.
"Things could be better handled. We need to sit back and reflect on inclusivity," he told Reuters.
Kenyan mediators said they had not received any official communication from Djibouti on its withdrawal but added that they are trying to convince Hassan to return to the Nairobi talks.