ARUSHA, Tanzania – The Federal Republic of Somalia is celebrating for a historic Milestone after becoming a member of the East African Group (EAC) on Friday.
The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh who made the primary (2012) and final bid in 2022 for EAC seat has participated the twenty third summit of the regional bloc, sitting on the hard-earned seat.
In his keynote speech, president Hassan Sheikh mentioned his nation has opened a brand new web page for its historical past because it makes strides in the direction of regaining its glory in world and regional enviornment.
Somalia turns into eighth member of EAC after DR Congo which was admitted into the commerce bloc final 12 months. The EAC welcomed president Hassan Sheikh to the seat.
Somalia shares borders with one EAC Associate State, particularly Kenya, and has robust historic, linguistic, financial and socio-cultural hyperlinks with all of the EAC Associate States.
Somalia has the longest nationwide shoreline of over 3,333 kms in Africa, linking Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, which the area will faucet into to extend intra-regional commerce.
Somalia is now the eighth Member of the EAC Associate States after Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic Congo and United Republic of Tanzania after it was accepted to hitch EAC by the EAC Heads of State throughout at the moment’s Summit in Arusha.
