President Sheikh Mohamed declared the UAE's support for Somalia in a meeting with the country's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday.
Sheikh Mohamed offered his congratulations to Mr Mohamud on his recent election as president during talks at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi.
He wished him success in leading the nation and expressed his desire for the African nation to achieve its development goals and secure stability and prosperity for its people.
The Somali leader thanked Sheikh Mohamed and offered his gratitude to the UAE for its long-standing assistance.
The two men explored ways to further bolster bilateral ties and discussed efforts to establish peace in Somalia.
Sheikh Mohamed pledged the UAE's commitment to supporting Somalia in its efforts to ensure peace and stability and in areas of construction and development.
Mr Mohamud said he looked forward to continuing to work with the Emirates to achieve its ambitions.
The meeting was attended by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Dubai; Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan, Minister of State; Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the President; Ali bin Hammad Al Shamsi, Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council and Mohamed Ahmed Al Othman, UAE Ambassador to Somalia, as well the delegation accompanying the Somali President.
Mr Mohamud is in Abu Dhabi on an official visit, news agency Wam reported.
He was received on arrival on Sunday by Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Presidential Airport.
The visit to UAE comes after Sheikh Shakhbout attended the inauguration ceremony for Mr Mohamud as president of Somalia, which was held in Mogadishu on June 9.
Mr Mohamud became president after members of the upper and lower legislative chambers voted in secret balloting at Halane military camp, under the protection of African Union peacekeepers.
The first round of voting in May was contested by 36 candidates, four of whom proceeded to the second round.
With no candidate winning at least two thirds of the 328 ballots, voting then went to a third round in which a simple majority was enough.
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The Facility’s Versatility
Between the start of the 2020 IPL on September 20, and the end of the Pakistan Super League this coming Thursday, the Zayed Cricket Stadium has had an unprecedented amount of traffic.
Never before has a ground in this country – or perhaps anywhere in the world – had such a volume of major-match cricket.
And yet scoring has remained high, and Abu Dhabi has seen some classic encounters in every format of the game.
October 18, IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders tied with Sunrisers Hyderabad
The two playoff-chasing sides put on 163 apiece, before Kolkata went on to win the Super Over
January 8, ODI, UAE beat Ireland by six wickets
A century by CP Rizwan underpinned one of UAE’s greatest ever wins, as they chased 270 to win with an over to spare
February 6, T10, Northern Warriors beat Delhi Bulls by eight wickets
The final of the T10 was chiefly memorable for a ferocious over of fast bowling from Fidel Edwards to Nicholas Pooran
March 14, Test, Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by six wickets
Eleven wickets for Rashid Khan, 1,305 runs scored in five days, and a last session finish
June 17, PSL, Islamabad United beat Peshawar Zalmi by 15 runs
Usman Khawaja scored a hundred as Islamabad posted the highest score ever by a Pakistan team in T20 cricket
Earth under attack: Cosmic impacts throughout history
- 4.5 billion years ago: Mars-sized object smashes into the newly-formed Earth, creating debris that coalesces to form the Moon
- 66 million years ago: 10km-wide asteroid crashes into the Gulf of Mexico, wiping out over 70 per cent of living species – including the dinosaurs.
- 50,000 years ago: 50m-wide iron meteor crashes in Arizona with the violence of 10 megatonne hydrogen bomb, creating the famous 1.2km-wide Barringer Crater
- 1490: Meteor storm over Shansi Province, north-east China when large stones “fell like rain”, reportedly leading to thousands of deaths.
- 1908: 100-metre meteor from the Taurid Complex explodes near the Tunguska river in Siberia with the force of 1,000 Hiroshima-type bombs, devastating 2,000 square kilometres of forest.
- 1998: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks apart and crashes into Jupiter in series of impacts that would have annihilated life on Earth.
-2013: 10,000-tonne meteor burns up over the southern Urals region of Russia, releasing a pressure blast and flash that left over 1600 people injured.
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