At a meeting on 5 January in Aden, Yemen, Somalia's parliamentary speaker Sharif Hassan Shaykh Aden and interim president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed agreed to set aside their differences that had divided the country's fledgling administration. Their agreement has paved way for Somalia’s first parliamentary session in 15 years, scheduled for 26 February in Baidoa. During the interview the Parliamentary speaker said "I would like for parliament to meet and do its work and start dealing with the issues that affect the people. I want us to discuss the issue of security, particularly that of Mogadishu. I would like to see security established and Mogadishu stabilised, the government and parliament operating from there in three months."