Abdullahi Sanabalolshe, Somalia Ambassador to UK.
London (RBC) Somalia’s ambassador to UK, Abdullahi Mohamed Sanbalolshe has become the first Somali ambassador to UK in more than two decades after Queen Elizabeth of the Great Britain has received his credential letters on Wednesday afternoon, RBC Radio reports.
Ambassador Sanbalolshe, who was appointed in early September has been waiting to give his credentials to the Queen since then.
“I am happy today and would like to share with the entire Somali people.” he told Somali media after he has met Elizabeth in London’s Buckingham Palace.
“We have now to face great tasks ahead. Opening our embassy offices and recruiting our employees here.” he added.
Ambassador Sanbalolshe said his main vision is to restore effective diplomatic relation between Somalia and the UK, as the UK’s embassy has started to operate in Mogadishu a week before since 1991 after the civil wars broke in Somalia capital.
Somalia had not any official embassy in London despite several transitional governments installed their ambassadors to UK. The British embassy in Mogadishu was officially reopened in this year.
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