Qatar Gifts Hundreds of Books and References to Somali Diplomatic Institute
Mogadishu / Information Office / March 05
The State of Qatar has gifted the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia hundreds of books and scientific references in various fields of political science and strategic studies, provided by the Diplomatic Institute at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a ceremony attended by HE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia Ahmed Issa Awad, HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan bin Hamza Hashem handed over the books and references to Director of the Somali Diplomatic Institute Yusuf Alasow Mohamud.
The Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation extended his thanks to the State of Qatar for its continued and diversified support to his country.
The Director of the Somali Diplomatic Institute also expressed his great gratitude to the State of Qatar for providing the institute with hundreds of valuable books and references that will benefit its cadres and contribute to the rehabilitation of the people of Somalia within their country.
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has fully rehabilitated and built the diplomatic institute of the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to reopen it again in December 2019 after being closed for a period of 29 years, as a part of a package of development projects provided by the State of Qatar to the brothers in the Republic of Somalia.