MOGADISHU ( Halbeeg News) – Security has been tightened in Kismayu town ahead of the summit of Somalia’s regional leaders.
Hundreds of soldiers of Jubbaland forces and troops of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were deployed in different parts of the town.
Reports say several leaders the country’s regional states are expected to arrive in Kismayu in the forthcoming hours.
Jubbaland state has declared that it will host an inter-state conference which is scheduled to be held next week.
Late last month, the chairman of the Council of Interstate Cooperation, President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas of Puntland invited his regional counterparts to attend the council’s third meeting, to be held in Kismayo on September 3rd.
The invitation letter noted that the meeting will discuss issues of regional and national interests.
The agenda will be issued by the Secretariat at a later date.
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