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MOGADISHU, Somalia – The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has touched down in in Bujumbura on Wednesday on an official go to to Burundi.
The president was accorded a heat welcome by his Burundian counterpart Normal Évariste Ndayishimiye upon arrival in Bujumbura, in keeping with Villa Somalia assertion.
The 2 leaders held discussions centered on enhancing safety cooperation and Somalia’s upcoming bid to affix the regional commerce bloc – EAC, the East African Group.
“It’s Encouraging steps in direction of regional integration,” stated Somali data minister Daud Aweys in a pot on X, previously often called Twitter.
Somalia says it’s optimistic that its utility to affix EAC, which has been pending for greater than 10 years now, can be accepted.
Somalia submitted its utility to affix the EAC in February 2012.
The EAC, which is headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, presently has seven member international locations. They’re Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.
