Ambassador Abdalla Alnaqbi, a senior UAE diplomat, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, on Saturday,\u00a0March 13, 2021, a<\/a>t the Presidential Palace, where he received the credentials of the new UAE diplomat.<\/p>\n Senior US diplomat John R. Rosenberg, reacting to the UAE Ambassador\u2019s appointment to Somaliland, wrote on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that Ambassador Abdalla Alnaqbi\u2019s appointment was not a diplomatic betrayal in his history.<\/p>\n \u201cUAE sends envoy to #Somaliland, H.E. Abdalla Alnaqbi who, given his bio, is no diplomatic slouch\u201d,\u00a0 John Rosenberg, wrote on his\u00a0Twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n He added that he had conducted research in recent days and that he had discussed this with other diplomats and confirmed that Somaliland was the shortest place on the list of strategic importance to Africa.<\/p>\n \u201cMy conversations last week with other diplomats engaged with Hargeisa tells me that it\u2019s definitely on the short list of places to watch in #Africa, 2021.\u201d he said, John Rosenberg is a U.S. \u2013 Africa government relations and national security specialist in Washington.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Somaliland President Receives Credentials From New UAE Ambassador<\/a><\/p>\n John Rosenberg<\/strong><\/a>, one of the US African relations and security experts to whom the State Department has been paying attention, has repeatedly spoken of stability, Democracy, Development and Elections in Somaliland and its strategic importance to the world. Speaks word for geopolitical.<\/p>\n The new Ambassador, Abdalla Al Naqbi, with nearly a decade of legal experience, is well-known in the UAE and has achieved much.<\/p>\n Al Naqbi, has built one of Dubai\u2019s most reputable and respected\u00a0law practices<\/a>. He is widely regarded as a top litigator in the Dubai Courts with extensive experience in corporate, banking & finance, and insurance law.<\/p>\nAmb. Abdalla Al Naqbi<\/strong><\/h4>\n