The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Abdirisaq Omar Mohamed, met with George Conway, the Deputy Envoy and Co-ordinator of Humanitarian Aid of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Somalia.
Theรย discussionsรย centeredรย onรย Somalia’sรย keyรย goals,รย whichรย includedรย theรย expansionรย ofรย humanitarianรย aidรย andรย theรย country’sรย security.
Duringรย theรย discussion,รย theรย ministerรย metรย withรย theรย UNรย delegationรย toรย reiterateรย Somalia’sรย commitmentรย toรย realizingรย itsรย long-termรย goals,รย notablyรย theรย ambitiousรย netรย targetรย forรย 2050.
Simultaneously, heรย underlinedรย theรย needรย ofรย furtheringรย theรย country’sรย growthรย ofรย oilรย andรย hydrocarbonรย production.
Thisรย high-levelรย engagementรย demonstratesรย Somalia’sรย continuousรย partnershipรย withรย theรย Unitedรย Nationsรย inรย pursuitรย ofรย criticalรย humanitarianรย andรย developmentรย goals.
Itรย representsรย theรย government’sรย commitmentรย toรย supportingรย economicรย progressรย andรย safeguardingรย residents’รย well-being.รย
For decades, the federal government of Somalia has struggled with stability, majorly depending on international partners for survival, given the little revenue collected from members of the public due to the Al-Shabaab menace across the country.
Before the collapse of the state, Somalia was exploring oil and gas along her coastline with ExxonMobil and Shell pitching tents in the Horn of Africa nation.
But over the years, these fortunes subsided, forcing the once oil producing nation to rely on foreign oil and gas imports entirely
