The East African
Wednesday December 23 2020
Somaliland President Muse Bihi arrives in Djibouti on December 23, 2020. PHOTO | COURTESY | SOMALILAND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Summary
Bihi’s similar visit to Kenya aroused anger in Mogadishu which considers Somaliland part of Somalia’s territory.
Mogadishu announced it had cut diplomatic ties with Nairobi for “constant interference” in Somalia’s internal affairs.
Somalia also severed ties with Guinea after President Alpha Conde rolled out a red carpet reception to Bihi in July 2019.
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Somaliland President Muse Bihi has received a red carpet reception in Djibouti, slightly over a week after his tour of Kenya incensed Mogadishu.
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Mogadishu mum as Bihi receives red carpet reception in Djibouti Aggrey Mutambo Somaliland President Muse Bihi has received a red carpet reception in Djibouti, more than a week after his tour of Kenya incensed Mogadishu and led to severing of ties. Mr Bihi arrived in Djibouti city on Wednesday morning for an official visit on the invitation of his host, President Ismael Guelleh, according to the Somaliland Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry. The Ministry’s Twitter handle gloated of a “warm reception” given to Bihi where a red carpet and other protocols of honour were mounted for him. He arrived in Djibouti with a “high calibre delegation,” the Ministry said. Bihi’s similar visit to Kenya aroused anger in Mogadishu, which considers Somaliland part of Somalia’s territory. The Somaliland leader held discussions with President Uhuru Kenyatta where they agreed on direct flights and for Nairobi to establish a consulate in Hargeisa