By Uhuru Kenyatta.
Today, I held talks with Somali Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who paid me a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi.
Prime Minister Sharmarke visited the Dadaab Refugee Camp yesterday and briefed me on the Somali refugee situation. He affirmed his government’s commitment to cooperating with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kenya Government in ensuring a smooth repatriation of the refugees.
We also discussed bilateral relations between Kenya and Somalia. We agreed on the need to fully operationalize the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) which an important vehicle for boosting bilateral engagements between the two countries. We also discussed the security situation in Somalia and in the region.
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