DUBAI (Somaliguardian) – Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi engaged in high-level talks on Wednesday with Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, to discover avenues for bolstering financial and safety cooperation between the 2 entities.
Abdullahi’s go to to the UAE coincided with the World Governments Summit held in Dubai on Tuesday and Somaliland’s participation within the diplomatic gathering has sparked vital controversy in Somalia.
The Somali federal authorities expressed its displeasure on the invitation prolonged by the UAE to the breakaway area, perceiving it as a problem to its sovereignty.
Whereas Mogadishu shunned issuing a proper public assertion of its discontent, it’s reported by Common Somali TV that the Somali authorities ordered three of its ministers, who had been additionally in Dubai, to chorus from attending the summit.
In a press release launched by the Somaliland presidential workplace, President Abdullahi expressed his deep appreciation for the UAE’s invitation and the nice and cozy hospitality prolonged to him.
“Throughout these discussions, President Irro expressed his profound gratitude to the UAE authorities for the official invitation and heat hospitality prolonged to him,” the assertion learn.
“He counseled the UAE’s dedication to fostering robust diplomatic and financial ties and reaffirmed Somaliland’s readiness to boost bilateral cooperation,” it added.
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