​Somalia's President Farmajo jets off to Jordan for Arab League Summit

MOGADISHU, Somalia- Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is scheduled to travel to Jordan on Tuesday to participate in the annual Arab League summit in Amman on Wednesday, Garowe Online reports.

President Farmajo left for Amman after an official invitation from the King Abdullah of Jordan. The summit will be attended by head of Arab states to hold talks on ongoing conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen.

During the summit, Farmajo is expected to highlight about the drought crisis that hit the country and urge the leaders to push efforts to assist his government to avert looming famine situation.

The trip is the third oversea visit by Somali President Farmajo since his election back in early February 8. Following his inauguration, Farmajo has paid visits to Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kenya, where he attended special IGAD summit in Nairobi last week.

Somali President's visit to Jordan comes amid a standoff over the appointed new cabinet ministers by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, as over 100 MPs along with the Speaker of Parliament calling for review of the lineup in line with clan's power-sharing formula before the voting session in Parliament expected this week.

GAROWEONLINE