Somali PM meets Yemen's embassy chargé d'affaires

Somalia's Prime Minister Abdul-Wali Sheikh Ahmed met on Thursday in Mogadishu with chargé d'affaires at the Yemeni embassy Fouad al-Zurqah. In the presence branch manager of Cooperative and Agriculture Credit (CAC) International Bank in Djibouti Ahmed al-Dhib, Ahmed and al-Zurqah discussed the economic relations between the two brotherly countries, the potential opportunities the Yemeni capitals could invest in and the facilities Somalia could provide for them. Ahmed said this is the first formal meeting I have directly after my appointment as a Prime Minister to show how Yemen is important to us, the Somalis, expressing his appreciation of the Yemeni political leadership to all the support it gives in all areas to receive over a million Somali refugees. He said that his government would provide all facilities and support to Yemen investors and traders, stressing that all regions of Somalia welcome Yemeni investments. For his part, the Yemeni chargé d'affaires extended the Yemen's leadership's congratulations to the Somali Prime Minister and his government's members on gaining confidence, wishing Somalia all progress and prosperity.