Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail BogdanovMOSCOW, Feb. 5 Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East East and Africa, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and expressed support for the formation of democratic institutions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 35th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa.
The peacekeepers of the African Union in Somalia will become UN partners» Mohamed shared his assessments and thoughts in connection with the emerging socio-political situation in Somalia at the final stage of the parliamentary elections. The Russian side confirmed the consistent and principled support for the efforts of the Somali leadership to form democratic institutions of power in the Federal Republic Somalia in the interests of ensuring security and maintaining a lasting civil peace in the country,» the Russian Foreign Ministry informs. energy, infrastructure and agriculture. Particular attention was paid to the tasks of increasing the effectiveness of the fight against international terrorism in the Horn of Africa, the ministry added. Somalia ceased to exist as a single state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the only legitimate authority in the country as the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas. The remaining parts of Somalia are under the control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. In particular, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland is located in the northern part of the country, and the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998, is located in the eastern part.
