Mogadishu QOL | September 8, 2015 – The United States government has on Sunday launched a new diplomatic mission to Somalia, following the high level visit by the US Secretary of State to Somalia.
The launch of the mission was announced on Monday by Secretary of State John Kerry during his historic visit to Somalia on May and aimed at reestablishing a diplomatic presence by the United States in Somalia as, according to a statement released by the Department of State on Tuesday.
“The new mission reflects a continuation of U.S. efforts to normalize the U.S.-Somalia bilateral relationship” John Kirby, Spokesperson for the State Department said in a statement released on Tuesday.
Currently, the United States Mission to Somalia is based within the United States Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, and will be headed by a Chargé d’Affaires until the President appoints, and Senate confirms, the next U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, the statement added.
The Obama administration has withdrawn the nomination of its first Ambassador to Somalia since 1991, after Katherine Dhanani, a career diplomat who was nominated on February this year to become the first American ambassador to Somalia since 1991, after the US government officially recognized Somalia in January 2013. Katherine Dhanani, However, turned down the position, two months after her nominations, in what the media reports described was related to personal reasons.
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Xafiiska Wararka Qaranimo Online | Mogadishu, Somalia
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