Somali FM welcomes Eritrean president's visit Somali State Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulkadir Ahmed-Kheir Abdi comments on Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki's visit to Somalia, saying the leaders are aiming to 'boost the relationship' between the two nations. Somalia and Eritrea, two poor nations ravaged by war, established diplomatic ties in July in the wake of Eritrea's landmark peace pact with Ethiopia, which became possible with new leadership in Addis Ababa. SOUNDBITES