This archive report was first published on 2 November 2021.
On November 2, 2021, Somalia's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud held talks with Kenya's ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo in Mogadishu, marking a significant meeting between the two nations.
The meeting comes just a month after Kenya rejected the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision in favor of Somalia in a maritime border dispute.
The dispute centers on a 38,000 sq mile (100,000 sq km) triangle in the Indian Ocean, believed to be rich in oil and gas.
According to a statement from the foreign affairs ministry, the two sides discussed strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation, including trade, investment, security, defense, agriculture, tourism, and people-to-people relations.
"On August 8, the Foreign Ministers of Somalia and Kenya agreed, in their meeting in Mogadishu, to expedite the third session of the Joint Committee to move forward in areas of common interest, including trade, investment, security, defense, agriculture, tourism, and people-to-people relations," the statement read.
