President Dahir Riyaale Kahin

Hargeysa, Somaliland , December 10, 2005 (SL Times) – Somaliland president Dahir Rayale Kahin is to leave today for a trip to Germany .

The purpose of the visit has not been officially disclosed but the Somaliland Times has learnt that the president will undergo a medical check up while in Germany .

An Ethiopian Airlines flight is expected to take Mr. Rayale today from Hargeysa to Addis Ababa from where he will proceed to Germany . The President will be accompanied by Information minister Abdillahi Mohamed Dualle and minister of Water and Mineral Resources, Qassim Yusuf Ibrahim.

Mr. Rayale’s trip might include visits to Norway and Belgium .