New Somalia President
Mohamed Farmaajo was
accorded full honours at the start of his visit to Kenya on Thursday.
Farmaajo was received by President Uhuru Kenyatta and honoured with the 21-gun salute before inspecting his first guard of honour.
The
guard
of honour was mounted by a detachment of the Kenya Army while the national anthems of Kenya and Somalia were played by the military band.
The two leaders held one-on-one talks before leading their delegations in bilateral talks
aimed at bolstering cooperation between Kenya and Somalia.
Uhuru is expected to address the need to reinvigorate efforts to scale up collaboration in mutual areas of interest.
These areas were identified during the inaugural session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation that was held in Nairobi in
July 2015.
Uhuru is also expected to
speak on the urgency of a meeting of technical teams
to review the implementation status of the Joint Commission for Cooperation.
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Uhuru attended Farmaajo's inauguration in Mogadishu last month and pledged Kenya’s continued support for
the Horn of Africa country.
He assured the new leader that Kenya would remain steadfast in supporting efforts for peace and stability in the country that is fighting an insurgency by terror group al Shabaab.
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