MOGADISHU (Mareeg) Somalia’s Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, has met with the UN under secretary-general for Safety and Security Gregory B. Starr in Mogadishu, an official said on Friday.

Abdulkadir Walayo, the spokesman of the Somali Prime Minister said the Prime Minister Sharmarke and the UN official discussed ways to push forward the reopening of UN offices in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Walayo said the Somali government and the United Nations will focus on how UN offices can be reopened in Mogadishu.

Gregory B. Starr is the highest ranking UN official that visits in Mogadishu for the last ten years.

Ahmedou Ould Abdalla, the UN special envoy for Somalia had suggested creating a green zone in Mogadishu like Baghdad and opening UN political office for Somalia to Mogadishu.

Mareeg Online