Puntland’s President Said Abdullahi Deni held a meeting with some of the region’s traditional elders on August 4 in Garowe.
President Deni called the traditional elders “the backbone of Puntland.”
He commended the elders for honoring the invitation to the event, which the Deni administration held in their honor.
Deni said that his meeting with the elders had been productive.
In his words, the meeting offered both sides an excellent opportunity for exchanging their views on the current situation in the region and country as a whole.