The Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi received today at the presidency in Hargeisa, the United Kingdom ambassador accredited to the neighboring country of Somalia, Mr. Ben Fender, OBE.
Ambassador Fender was part of the recent EU delegation to Somaliland, but is now making his first maiden visit to Somaliland.
The president and the ambassador discussed areas of mutual interest including UK development to Somaliland, the security situation in the region and the prospective parliamentary and local elections scheduled for December, 2019.
The meeting was also attended by head of the UK office in Hargeisa, Stuart Brown and the Somaliland deputy-Foreign minister, Abdilkadir Omar Jama.
