Mogadishu / Information Office / September 10

HE Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre laid the cornerstone for the rehabilitation and building project of the Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia funded by the State of Qatar through Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD).

This project is one of the development projects provided by the State of Qatar to the Federal Republic of Somalia in accordance with the agreement signed by the two sides in November of 2017 for the implementation of a number of projects in Somalia.

HE Somalia's Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development Gamal Mohamed Hassan, HE Somalia's Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education Abdullahi Godah Barre, HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, and a number of senior officials in Somalia attended the ceremony.

During the ceremony, HE the Somali Prime Minister thanked the State of Qatar for its continued support and expressed hope that the Ministry building would be rebuilt within a year and called for Somali people to cooperate in the rehabilitation of federal government buildings.