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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today welcomed the new Slovakia Ambassador to Somalia Mr. Michal Mlynar.
Ambassador Michal Mlynar presented his credentials to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Villa Somalia, Mogadishu, and was accompanied by His Excellency Mahad Salad, Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs. The Ambassador conveyed a personal message from the President of Slovak Republic expressing his commitment to strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
He thanked the Somali President for accepting his credentials. “I am very happy to be here today, as the Somali President has accepted my credentials and I promise a strong relationship between the two countries.”
The President of Somalia said: “I thanked the government of Slovakia which is ready to strengthen the relation between the two countries, the clear evidence for that is the appointment of this new ambassador to our country.”
The President concluded, “I hope the new Ambassador of Slovakia to Somalia Mr. Michal Mlynar will work and commit to strengthening the bilateral relations between Somalia and Slovakia”.
The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia) is a state in Central Europe. Czechoslovakia dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. The country joined the European Union in 2004