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Libyan, Somali leaders discuss cooperation on investment, education

TRIPOLI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- President of the Libyan Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi emphasized the importance of Libya-Somalia cooperation during a press conference on Monday following talks with visiting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The two countries signed several cooperation memoranda covering investment, training, and education, according to Menfi. "We...

๐—–๐—”๐——๐——๐—˜๐—ฌ๐—ก๐—ง๐—” ๐— ๐—”๐—ค๐—”๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—”-๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, ๐—ค๐—ฌ๐—•๐—ง๐—” ๐—ž๐—ข๐—ข๐—ช๐—”๐—”๐—— (๐Ÿญ)!

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—พ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎ-๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—ค๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ (๐Ÿญ). ๐——๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป. ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ถ๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฑ. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜†: ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป

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