Djiboutian Foreign
miister Mohamed Ali Yusuf and Information minister Ali Abdi
were among the officials who welcomed Riyale at the airport
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President Riyale
being warmly welcomed at Djibouti Airport by Prime Minister
Dilleta Mohamed Dilleta |
Djibouti, December 20,
2008 (SL Times) – A Somaliland delegation lead by president Dahir Riyale
Kahin was accorded a warm welcome by the government and people of
Djibouti on Friday.
Riyale left Hargeysa yesterday on a tour that is expected to take him to
a number of countries in the Horn of Africa.
He arrived in Djibouti on Friday to a thunderous welcoming at the
airport by top Djiboutian officials led by Prime-minister Diletta and a
large crowd of Djiboutian citizens.
Accompanying Mr. Riyale are his ministers for Foreign Affairs and
Finance as well as his senior advisor for military affairs.
The Somaliland president is expected to hold talks with Djiboutian
president Ismail Omer Gelleh on bilateral relations and the security
situation in the region.
After the conclusion of the Djibouti visit, Riyale will depart to Addis
Ababa to hold discussions with Ethiopian Premier Meles Zenawi.
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