President Silanyo Meets with the Head of UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia

Hargeisa, Oct 30, 2013 (SDN) -Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo has on today received Mr. Philippe Lazzarini the representative of United Nations office for humanitarian affairs coordination and development for Somalia at the presidential palace. Mr. Lazzarini has arrived the country yesterday in order to attend a bi-annual meeting between Somaliland government and international donors which assess the projects implemented by international NGOs in the country.

Somaliland’s minister of commerce and international cooperation Dr. Mohamed Abdilahi Omer who spoke to the press after the meeting has said that UN representative Lazzarani came to Hargeisa to initiate of a revitalized partnership between government of Somaliland and its development partners such as the EU, World Bank and to enhance future cooperation

The minister of commerce and international cooperation also said, “We have during our meeting discussed the important issue of Somaliland Airspace and the Aviation Agreement which now seems to be null and void because the federal government of Somalia has failed to honor the principles of the agreement”.

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