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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 17, 2010 (SL Times) – A French delegation
led by the French Ambassador in Djibouti Mr Dominique Decherf arrived in
Hargeysa’s Egal International Airport Friday.
Speaking to the press at Mansoor Hotel, Mr Dominique Decherf said the
main reason he came to Somaliland was to check on the progress of the
preparations for Somaliland’s presidential election and to press
Somaliland’s government, political parties and the electoral commission
on the necessity of holding election for pushing forward the democratic
process; and towards this end, the ambassador will meet with the three
political parties, the election commission and will hold a special
meeting with the president. Ambassador Dominique Decherf also revealed
that his country will assist Somaliland in the field of university
education, French language studies. This is the second time that Mr
Dominique Decherf visits Somaliland.
Somaliland Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Abdirahman Osman
Adan also spoke to the press. He welcomed the delegation and said they
came here so that they will convey to their government what they found
out. “As you know, the British deputy ambassador left the day before
yesterday and we are expecting many other delegations,” he added.
Accompanying the delegation was Somaliland representative in France, Mr
Ali Ismail Hassan who said, “Whatever I was going to say was already
said by the Ambassador and the minister, but you can see the important
job that Somaliland’s office is doing in France.”
The French delegation had four members. Two of them were from the French
embassy in Djibouti, and two were from the ministries of education and
culture. The delegation included Banos Robles Bernard from the ministry
of education, Thierry Choiner the General Secretary of the French
embassy in Djibouti and Jacques Sabrot the director of the French
cultural office in Djibouti.
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