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Director General Duhulow briefed the delegation on Somalia\u2019s efforts to modernize and secure its passport system, including recent improvements in application procedures, implementation of the PISCES system, and cooperation agreements with Interpol aimed at enhancing border and travel security. He also shared updates on recent high-level engagements with Norway, Switzerland, Germany, and the United Kingdom, which are expected to contribute to strengthening HSJ\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Highlighting the deep historical ties between Somalia and Iraq, Duhulow expressed the readiness of both countries\u2019 immigration authorities to collaborate on knowledge-sharing, data exchange, and the development of modern technological infrastructure. He also requested Iraq\u2019s support in training HSJ officers and establishing a dedicated training institute.<\/p>\n
The Iraqi delegation expressed their gratitude for the warm welcome and extended an official invitation for Director General Duhulow to visit Iraq. They pledged to work closely with HSJ on various capacity-building programs related to passports, entry permits, and migration, and to assist in training HSJ personnel.<\/p>\n
During the visit, the delegation toured HSJ\u2019s document inspection and verification offices, the printing department, and the electronic visa (E-visa) unit.
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Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Director General of the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA), Mr. Mustafa Duhulow, today held a productive meeting with a delegation from Iraq\u2019s Ministry of Interior, led by the Minister\u2019s Advisor, Lt. General Ziyad Daha Ali, and the Director of International Cooperation at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, Lt. General Alaa Anshour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":446669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-446667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446678,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446667\/revisions\/446678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}