Finnish Overseas Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto was in Mogadishu on Friday to debate Somalia’s assist of the worldwide neighborhood in mild of Russia’s warfare in Ukraine.
Minister for Overseas Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Inexperienced) on Friday visited Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the place he met with President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in addition to different key ministers.
“I communicated to the Somalian state leaders the significance of Somalia supporting the worldwide neighborhood in its efforts to finish Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” Haavisto stated in a international ministry assertion.
Along with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, bilateral relations between Finland and Somalia had been additionally on the agenda, in addition to the political and peace processes in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, in keeping with the international ministry.
“The Somali diaspora in Finland is doing extraordinarily beneficial work in reconstructing Somalia and selling relations between our nations,” Haavisto added.
Somali is Finland’s fifth greatest language group. Somalis initially arrived as civil warfare refugees within the early Nineties. Right now Finland is house to some 20,000 Somali audio system, whereas round 18 p.c of the neighborhood is born in Finland.
The All Factors North podcast lately spoke with journalist Wali Hashi in regards to the Somali neighborhood’s involvement in Finnish politics:
