{"id":213599,"date":"2026-09-03T18:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/213599\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:46:13","slug":"somaliland-president-travels-to-united-states-on-first-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/213599\/","title":{"rendered":"Somaliland president travels to United States on first official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hol.jpg\" alt=\"HOL Logo\" class=\"source-logo-inline\"\/><br \/>Thursday September 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17884283451788425003791437082_1100987772475379_6404194080431945412_n.jpg\" alt=\"Somaliland president travels to United States on first official visit\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hargeisa (HOL) \u2014 Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro departed Thursday for an official working visit to the United States, traveling via the United Arab Emirates, the Somaliland presidency said.<\/p>\n<p>The trip is Irro\u2019s first visit to the United States since becoming president.<\/p>\n<p>According to the presidency, the visit is aimed at strengthening diplomatic relations, security and economic cooperation, encouraging investment and advancing Somaliland\u2019s international identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring his trip, the president will hold meetings with key officials and parties, conveying the voice, interests and aspirations of the people of Somaliland,\u201d the presidency said in a statement posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the trip demonstrates that Somaliland is engaging with the world with confidence, responsibility and a national vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trip demonstrates that Somaliland is engaging with the world with trust, responsibility and a national vision, and is ready for strategic cooperation based on mutual interests,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Irro\u2019s visit comes as Somaliland continues diplomatic efforts to seek international recognition and strengthen relations with countries and international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has not received broad international recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday September 3, 2026 Hargeisa (HOL) \u2014 Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro departed Thursday for an official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[18456,6270,7671,10,349,11,23087,8872,5668,95574,8871,5669],"class_list":["post-213599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump","tag-first","tag-official","tag-on","tag-potus","tag-president","tag-president-of-the-united-states","tag-somaliland","tag-states","tag-to","tag-travels","tag-united","tag-visit"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117208599064260842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}