Somalia and South Korea re-establish ties

[Chimera]

 

MOGADISHU (RBC) Somalia’s federal president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has on Thursday received credentials from the new South Korean ambassador to Somalia Kim Chan Woo in Mogadishu, RBC Radio reports.

 

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Somalia Federal Government Jamaal Mohamed Baarow said the president also welcomed the resuming diplomatic relations between Somalia and South Korea for than two decades after the collapse of former Somali regime in 1991.

 

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The South Korean Republic will also re-open its embassy in Mogadishu and that paves new relations between the two nations.” the deputy foreign minister added.

 

The new South Korean ambassador to Somalia Kim Chan Woo said his government will start agricultural and technical projects which the South Korean used to fund to help Somali people before the civil wars erupted in the country.

 

He said South Korea has the experience for the rebuild of a nation like Somalia in the post-conflict as Korean people maintained the development of their country after the Korean war ended in 1950s

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[Chimera]

[Mario B]

Good stuff.

[Chimera]

Ambassador Kim Chan Woo

[SomaliPhilosopher]

Interesting, Somalia use to be friends with north Korea

[nuune]

^^ Somalia still maintains Diplomatic Relations with North Korea through its Mission in Bhutan.

[Mario B]

The new South Korean ambassador to Somalia Kim Chan Woo said his government will start agricultural and technical projects which the South Korean used to fund to help Somali people before the civil wars erupted in the country.

A very good place to start, I hope our Republic doesn't squander this opportunity.

[Dabrow]

Positive news indeed!

[Chimera]

The Federal Government must be clear from the start and let the South Koreans know that Somalia's arable lands are for its native people first and foremost. No agricultural colonies for export must ever be allowed to be established in the country, they can import our commodities. There has to be a limit on the size of exploration blocks awarded to any specific multinational/country as well, to maintain a diverse and more secure energy sector.

 

Resource-nationalism is extremely important for the future.

[nuune]

^^ I am also worried about the South Korean factorized-fishing-vessels that still operate illegally on our coast, the number of illegal vessels will increase after this news,this is more worrying than the agriculture issue.

[Chimera]

nuune;951163 wrote:

^^ I am also worried about the South Korean factorized-fishing-vessels that still operate illegally on our coast, the number of illegal vessels will increase after this news,this is more worrying than the agriculture issue.

That's the beauty of formal relations, you have a direct ear to the source of the problem. The South Koreans must either purchase licenses that will benefit the coastal villages significantly, or enter into joint-ventures with Somali fish companies, that could use the skills and the ship-building technology South Korea is well known for:

 

 

[nuune]

They can also donate fishing vessels to Somali fishers to meet demands easily.

 

The future looks good, both in agriculture, and the resoures of our never ending seas,two areas South Korea are good at, I see a lot of opportunities in there.

 

They can also supply the necessary equipments needed to protect our seas including military vessels that are capable of protecting up to 200 neautical miles squared from one location alone, by just using the radar system that tells you who illegally invaded our territorial waters.

 

What is the point of having diplomatic relations with countries if you cannot ask them the basics, we have foreign ambassadors won't do any good for us, we need to seektheir expertise on the thinngs I mentioned.

 

It is very simple, now more than 20 new ambassadors were named this year alone, list them in order of priority of what their respective countries can do for us:

 

- South Korea: Agriculture, Ships

- Germany:

- Finland:

- Germany:

- France:

- Turkey: we know it already

 

and many more

[GaraadMon]

Excellent! Their shipbuilding industry is in a league of it's own along with their port infrastructure.

[Chimera]

nuune;951179 wrote:

What is the point of having diplomatic relations with countries if you cannot ask them the basics, we have foreign ambassadors won't do any good for us, we need to seektheir expertise on the thinngs I mentioned.

 

It is very simple, now more than 20 new ambassadors were named this year alone, list them in order of priority of what their respective countries can do for us:

Finland: Education, theirs is the best in the world.

 

Japan:Maritime, and urban infrastructure.

 

Germany: Factories, economic model, federal model and reconciliation advice.

 

China: Iconic national infrastructure projects such as large dams and a rail-network.

 

USA: Military hardware, political support, economic investment.

 

UK: Training of judges, lawyers and policemen.

 

Netherlands: Flower-plantations, and Port-Authority networking between Holland's post-panamax ports and Somalia's panamax ports.

 

Egypt: Heritage preservation.

 

South Korea: Shipbuilding, commercialized fishing, expertise on creating a homegrown entertainment industry.

 

Turkey: is already doing great stuff, and has more projects planned.

 

Russia: Energy sector and resource nationalism.

 

Switzerland: Financial system, most importantly the banking sector.

 

Two of them have not yet been accredited to Somalia, but this list should be a priority for the Federal Government, because with their support and expertise we could become an African Malaysia (with better beaches) by 2030.

[nuune]

Great stuff yaa Chimera, as far as I can tell, we still need the people who will push these dipomats to act rather than being just friends for fighting terrorism and piracy, that is their titles now.