Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki who gave an exclusive interview with Shabelle television and radio condemned the African Union troops in Mogadishu and said they could not keep peace in Somalia.
Speaking with Shabelle Media Network in his office in Asmara, President Afwerki said Ugandan and Burundian troops in Mogadishu came as an umbrella of Ethiopian invasion.
"The Ugandan and Burundian troops came as an umbrella for the invasion of Ethiopia which was supported by Bush administration which is illegitimate in the first palace, the invading power can not possibly have any legitimacy from the adopted resolutions of IGAD and AU," Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki told Shabelle television and radio.
"Uganda can not send peace keepers to Somalia when it can not maintain peace and security in Uganda, it is not well equipped and it has its own domestic problems," he added.
Mr. Afwerki said foreign troops could not bring solution to Somalia and called for the AU mission in Somalia to end their presence in Mogadishu.
Afwerki said Burundian troops could keep security and stability in Mogadishu.
"The government in Burundi can not secure peace and stability in Bujumbura, the capital. How can we expect Burundi to send peace keepers to Somalia and claim keep peace in Mogadishu? President Afwerki said.
He denied that Eritrea has been playing proxy war in Somalia and described as baseless accusations.
Noting that the solution lies in addressing the root cause, and not the consequences, President Isaias indicated that "so-called governments" imposed on the Somali people from the outside which has no authority beyond Mogadishu and its vicinity is further aggravating the problem.