President of Somaliland Dahir Rayale Kahin (photo file)

Roma , Italy, June 20, 2007 – The president of the Republic of Somaliland, Hon Dahir Rayale Kahin, and a delegation he is heading arrived in Italy yesterday on an official visit. The visiting Somaliland team yesterday met the assistant foreign affairs minister, Hon Patrizia Sentinelli, and other government officials.

The president briefed the Italian officials he met on the various stages Somaliland had come through and the progress it had made. Kahin thanked the government of Italy for the door it opened for the Republic of Somaliland, requesting the Italian government to continue with the relations.

Hon Kahin requested the Italian government to directly give aid to the Republic of Somaliland, and as well through the international aid agencies, asking for the strengthening of bilateral relations in future.

Speaking to some media in Europe, Kahin described his Europe visits as successful and that all the officials they met had sympathized with Somaliland, the progress it had done and its right to be independent.

The president had visited all the countries engaged in Somalia issues and which had formed the International Contact Group on Somalia and it's expected to make a huge difference on the stance of these countries.

Understanding was reached in today's meeting between President Kahin and the Italian government officials. [Passage omitted on those who attended the meeting]

Source: BBC Monitoring

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