Press Statement The Foreign Ministers of Somalia and Kenya, H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud and H.E. Amb. Raychelle Omamo , today spoke on telephone.

Mogadishu, (SONNA)June 16, 2021, The Foreign Ministers of Somalia and Kenya, H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud and H.E. Amb. Raychelle Omamo , today spoke on telephone.

The exchange between the two Ministries was warm and cordial.

Both ministers reconfirmed the need to expeditiously reopen their two respective Missions of Kenya and Somalia in Nairobi and Mogadishu, and emphasized the importance of normalizing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The Ministers expressed a strong wish to improve trade, security and cultural relations between Somalia and Kenya.

Finally, they agreed to keep bilateral diplomatic channels of communications open between the two Capitals in all matters of future strategic diplomatic relations.

Source: Somali National News Agency