Hiiraan Online
By Shafi’i Mohyaddin
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Somali ambassador to Italy Mr. Muse Hassan Abdulle has handed over his credential letters to the president of Italy Giorgio Napolitano during a meeting at the presidential palace in Rome, Somalia’s state-run media reported on Thursday.
Ambassador Abdulle held a lengthy meeting with president Napolitano, as both discussed on the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries and the role that the former colonial power can play in the peace building process and the reconstruction in Somalia.
“I want to thank the government and the people of Italy for their assistance to Somalia and in particularly in the fields of humanity, politics and security” Ambassador Abdulle told the Italian president during the meeting.
He delivered a message of greetings and goodwill from Somali president to Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy.
Italian president said that there were age-old relationship and cooperation between Somalia and Italy and his government was committed to continuing its assistance to the people of Somalia and as well as helping the federal government establish law and order in the war-devastated country.
According to the state-run media, Ambassador Abdulle promised to tackle with the problems facing thousands of Somali refugees in Italy. Most of them are lacking the basic services.
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