Thailand, Finland re-establish diplomatic relations with Somalia.
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Sunday February 21, 2016 - 10:36:00 in Articles / Opinions by Diirshe Maxamed
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President Hassan and Thai new Ambassador to Somalia Mr Prasittiporn Wetprasit.
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has received credentials from two new ambassadors from Thailand and FinlandSaturday, in the latest sign of improving relations between the horn of Africa nation and other countries after more than two decades of war.
Having received the credentials from Bhumibol Adulyadej, the new Thai ambassador to Somalia and his Finnish counterpart Tarja Orvokki Fernandez, Mr. Mohamud signaled his government’s desire to strengthen bilateral relations with the two countries.
He also pledged his country’s determination to establish friendship and close cooperation with the two countries, in the interests of the friendly peoples in the three countries.
Somalia which is recovering from decades of war has been struggling to make a diplomatic come back across the world in recent years having managed to restore normal diplomatic relations with numerous countries.
The new diplomatic exercise comes following the ouster of Islamist insurgents from the capital and surrounding regions, a development which officials said allowed former partner countries to start resuming a diplomatic presence in the seaside capital, Mogadishu.
President Hassan and Thai new Ambassador to Somalia Mr Wetprasit. 1st Dec 2015. Photo by Villa Somalia
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has received credentials from two new ambassadors from Thailand and FinlandSaturday, in the latest sign of improving relations between the horn of Africa nation and other countries after more than two decades of war.
Many countries
including the US resumed their diplomatic ties with Somalia in recent years, in
a striking diplomatic shift by many countries that severed their relations with
Somalia in 1991 after warlords overthrew the central government led by Mohamed
Siad Barre, plunging the country into one of the world’s deadliest and longest
conflict.
Having received the credentials from Bhumibol Adulyadej, the new Thai ambassador to Somalia and his Finnish counterpart Tarja Orvokki Fernandez, Mr. Mohamud signaled his government’s desire to strengthen bilateral relations with the two countries.
He also pledged his country’s determination to establish friendship and close cooperation with the two countries, in the interests of the friendly peoples in the three countries.
Somalia which is recovering from decades of war has been struggling to make a diplomatic come back across the world in recent years having managed to restore normal diplomatic relations with numerous countries.
The new diplomatic exercise comes following the ouster of Islamist insurgents from the capital and surrounding regions, a development which officials said allowed former partner countries to start resuming a diplomatic presence in the seaside capital, Mogadishu.
Thailand, Finland re-establish diplomatic relations with Somalia.
President Hassan and Thai new Ambassador to Somalia Mr Prasittiporn Wetprasit.