Djibouti and Somalia sign diplomatic training agreement
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ADI
The director of the Djibouti Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Hassan Omar Mohamed, signed a memorandum of understanding with his Somali counterpart in Mogadishu on Thursday to develop diplomatic skills. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a CEWARN mission, the IGAD mechanism on conflicts in the Horn of Africa, according to ADI.
The director of the Djibouti Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Hassan Omar Mohamed, signed a memorandum of understanding with his Somali counterpart in Mogadishu on Thursday to structure cooperation between the two institutions and develop diplomatic skills. The agreement was signed in the presence of Djibouti’s ambassador to Somalia, Osman Doubad, according to the Djibouti Information Agency (ADI).
The signing took place on the sidelines of a CEWARN mission, an IGAD mechanism dedicated to conflict prevention in the Horn of Africa. Hassan Omar Mohamed, who was in Mogadishu for the mission, said on Facebook that he was returning to Somalia after 39 years. His last trip to the country had been with his father, Djibouti’s first ambassador accredited to Somalia from 1978 to 1987.
Cooperation between Djibouti and Somalia is part of a series of recent bilateral agreements. On 2 November, the two countries had signed a parliamentary agreement.
