President Farmajo receives credentials from new UK ambassador
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has today received credentials from the newly appointed UK ambassador to Somalia, Mr Ben Fender.
The new ambassador conveyed a message of condolences from the British government and expressed his gratitude to the government and the people of Somalia for the recent terrorist attacks against the innocent Somali people.
President Farmajo and the British ambassador have discussed the relationship between the two countries and enhancing co-operation and cooperation between the two countries.
President Farmajo and Ambassador Ben Fender also discussed the Government of the Republic of Somalia to strengthen the support of the Government of Somalia in the field of police training and the fight against armed groups.
President Farmajo promised the new British ambassador to the Somali government and the people of Somalia will closely with him and wished success in his diplomatic mission.
The UK government has announced the new ambassador to Somalia on January 2019 to replace David Concar.
Fender now becomes the 5th UK ambassador to Somalia since Her Majesty Government resumed diplomatic relations with Somalia in 2012. The UK was among the first western governments to re-establish diplomatic relations with Somalia in 2012 following the end of the Transitional Federal Government era.
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