..... Bogan waxad ka daalacan kartaa warar iyo wacaal sugan oo ku saabsan J.Somaliland iyo Caalamka kale ........."Ha Jirto Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland Oo Ha Joogto Waligeed"........

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Ethiopia, Somaliland Agree to Strengthen Cooperations

- The newly-elected president of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abd, held an audience with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn and a slew of Ethiopian government officials highlighting the importance of the relationship in areas of security, economic, trade engagement and educational cooperation.

“Ethiopia is working aggressively to dismantle Al-Shabaab from the surrounding regions since it’s our common enemy,” Prime Minister Hailemariam stated.
 
“We have already started developing infrastructure in the corridor to facilitate the growing import-export trade of Ethiopia.” The Ethiopian leader also added that it would strengthen the nations move for a closer economic cooperation.

Despite a working government and a strong economy, the autonomous region of Somaliland continues to have difficulties in its recognition attempt to be known as a sovereign nation.

“Somaliland is not an emerging nation, we are an old country. We just celebrated our 100th anniversary,” Seid Shire (PhD), said the Foreign Minister of Somaliland. “We are a peaceful, stable and democratic country in all of Africa. We just concluded a free and fair election. We deserve to be recognized as a state.”

Despite some of the noted successes of Somaliland, it faces continuous challenges on security mostly from Al-Shabaab and others. It also has a vulnerable healthcare and education system.

With a partnership with foreign investors, specifically from the United Arab Emirates, it inaugurated the Berbera Port at a cost of USD 442 million. Ethiopia obtained a 19 percent share of the port in 2017. 

It was envisioned that the new port will be used as a regional trading hub. Ethiopia has also granted hundreds generous scholarships to Somaliland citizens at various public universities around the nation.

Source:- Reporter

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