President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday, June 19.
The visit was the first official one by President Mohamud since taking office.
Mohamud, who won the presidential elections on May 15, has spent most of his time in Mogadishu since taking over the reins of power.
The plane carrying President Mohamud and his delegation arrived in Abu Dhabi safely.
Several senior UAE government officials were at the airport to receive President Mohamud’s delegation.
Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak, the UAE Minister of State, was the most senior official to welcome the Somalia leader.
President Mohamud is in Abu Dhabi at the invitation of Sheikh Mohamed bin Saeed, the President of the UAE.
He will be in the UAE for two days holding a series of top-level discussions with various leaders.
According to sources close to the Somali leader, he would then leave UAE and make a similar visit to Nairobi for discussions with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.