Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Somalia: President Meets With Rwandan President

By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah, 16 March 2009

Kigali — Somalia's new President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has met with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame after he reached Rwandan capital Kigali, an official told radio Shabelle on Monday.

Mohamed Ali Ameriko, the Somali ambassador to Kenya, who is traveling with the president, told Shabelle radio that President Sheik Sharif and his delegation were welcomed at the airport by Rwandan Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, before he met President Kagame.

President Kagame congratulated Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed for his victory in the presidential election.

The two leaders discussed many issues; including rebuilding of Somalia and training Somali police forces.

"The Somali President asked his Rwandan counterpart for help in rebuilding government institutions in Somalia after 18 years of war," the Ambassador said.

President Sheikh Sharif visited the place where the massacre of 1994 took place.

The president and his delegation visited countries including Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda. He is expected to return back to Kenya.

Tagged: Arms and Armies, Central Africa, Conflict, East Africa, Peacekeeping, Rwanda, Somalia

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