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SOMALI PRESIDENT IS BACK FROM SAUDI ARABIA August 26, 2005
Somali interim president, Mr. Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed is back home in Jowhar, Somalia after a week-long visit to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Ahmed and his delegation were welcomed my senior Somali government officials and crowds of well wishers, many in cultural attire. Jowhar is the government’s temporary headquarters.
During his visit in Saudi Arabia, the president met with King Abdulaziz and other senior Saudi officials. According to Somali ministry of information, the visit was success and the Saudi Kingdom promised to help Somalia financially. Veterinarians will be sent to Somalia in order to assess health condition of Somalia's livestock for possible resumption of Saudi importation of Somali livestock. Somali livestock were banned from Saudi Arabia in 2000.
Unconfirmed reports say the president came back smiling after King Abdulaziz donated seventy million dollars for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Somalia.