MOGADISHU (Web Desk) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday reached Somalia on an unannounced trip to become the first of his position to visit the disturbed African country.
Kerry arrived at Mogadishu’s airport shortly before noon local time, greeted by Somalia’s president and prime minister on the tarmac.
He immediately entered a series of planned meetings that include both of them along with regional leaders and civil society groups.
“I’m glad to be here,” Kerry said.
“This is a great moment for us. Thank you for the time to be with us,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said as they sat down together.
Kerry is visiting Somalia to show solidarity with a government trying to defeat al-Qaida-allied militants and end decades of war.
