Lubna leads UAE delegation to New Deal conference on Somalia

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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The UAE Minister of Development and International Co-operation, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, has affirmed the UAE government's support to the aims of the international conference dubbed "New Deal for Somalia" which sought to mobilise assistance to the federal Somali government drive the country's economic and political recovery.

Al Qasimi, who led the UAE delegation to the conference, said the Brussels meeting had clear foundations for the development of the state in Somalia.

Officials and delegations from 50 countries and organisations took part in the New Deal Conference which discussed a roadmap to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa country.

She noted that at the Somalia Conference 2013 in London, the UAE pledged US$50 million in aid for Somalia, US$18.9 of which was channeled to building Somalia's security capability She also noted that the UAE announced plans to open an embassy in Mogadishu in the near future. The announcement was made during the 3rd Public-Private International Counter-piracy Conference which the UAE hosted in Dubai on

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