Nairobi (HOL) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sent his Cabinet Secretary (CS)in charge of Internal Security Dr. Fred Matiang'I to Doha on Wednesday to deliver a message to the Qatari Emir Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
The move comes as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) plans to render its verdict in the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya on October 12.
Speaking after meeting with the Qatari leader, Matiang'I tweeted that the two governments were in the process of brokering a security deal.
It is was my humbling privilege to deliver a special message from H.E. President Kenyatta to H.E Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar. Our governments are on course to sign a comprehensive security agreement anchored on mutual interests."
Qatar has been pivotal in brokering the resumption of diplomatic relations between Kenya and Somalia after Somalia cut ties in December 2020.
Qatar had dispatched its Special Envoy for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution, Dr. Mutlaq al-Qahtani, to lead the mediation efforts after Somalia accused Kenya of interfering in its internal affairs cut all diplomatic relations in December 2020.
Somalia and Kenya both sent their security ministers to Qatar to meet with the Emir and PM as the maritime case was proceeding in The Hague.
This week, the ICJ notified Somalia and Kenya that it would deliver its ruling in the longstanding maritime dispute on October 12 at the Peace Palace in the Hague, Netherlands. The verdict could bring a legal conclusion to a nearly seven-year-long saga.
The court will rule on who has rights over a 100,000sq km triangle of water believed to hold valuable hydrocarbon deposits. Three blocks currently operated by Italian oil giant Eni are in the disputed area.
Kenya, Qatar hold talks in Doha ahead of ICJ ruling on Somalia-Kenya maritime dispute
Nairobi (HOL) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sent his Cabinet Secretary (CS)in charge of Internal Security Dr. Fred Matiang'I to Doha on Wednesday to deliver a message to the Qatari Emir Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani.
