DIPLOMATIC FAUX PAS OVERSHADOWS SOMALI PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO KENYA

Kenya’s State House social media managers have moved quickly to limit diplomatic damages caused by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s call for called for an amicable solution to for the maritime dispute between the two countries…

In what appears to be a political twist in the plot, reports have emerged that, contrary to what the Somali Federal Government stated in the communique on the meeting between Somalia and Kenya Foreign Ministers in Mogadishu on Sunday, the President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo had not held a meeting with the Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo.

The statement that Kenya State House social media managers amended to delete any reference to the maritime dispute.

Kenya State House Facebook page made changes to the press release and deleted any reference to the maritime dispute.

The amended statement seeks to limit the impact of diplomatic faux pas.

“There are some sensitive and recurrent issues between the two countries including the maritime dispute whose outcome we are waiting from the International Court. We must move on from this issue to discuss our trade and progress” said Roble.

At Mogadishu International Airport before departure for Kenya, the Foreign Minister of Somalia Mohamed Abdirizak told media representatives that bilateral talks would not pertain to the maritime dispute.