The Somali Minister for Diaspora Affairs Hon. Abdullahi Ahmed Abdulle (Azhari) arrived in Toronto this evening and plans to be in Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Accompanying the Minister during this visit is the Somali Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Mohamed Ali Nur.
While in Ottawa the Somali delegation plan to confer with Canadian officials, Members of Parliament, and the Somali Community in Ottawa.
“Somalia is suffering an acute form of brain drain and that is the reason the Somali Government created a Ministry for the Diaspora,” the Minister said in a statement adding that Somalia “is back from the brink and is in a desperate need of the talents of its overseas communities”
Minister Azhari further stated, “We are also here to listen to the Diaspora communities in Canada and US, because we are eager to forge a partnership for peace and prosperity for the homeland.”
The Minister and the Ambassador will speak with the Somali Community in Toronto on Saturday April the 4th.
Contact: somaliadiaspora@gmail.com
Source: TFG
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