FCO Minister meets Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade

LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Minister for Africa, Mr Mark Simmonds, met Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Amina Mohamed, today at the Foreign Office.

The Minister said after the meeting:

“I was pleased to welcome Cabinet Secretary Mohamed to London today. We had a very constructive and cordial meeting which covered a range of important bilateral and regional issues. I reiterated my sincere condolences on the recent terrorist attacks at the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi and stressed the United Kingdom's continued solidarity with the Kenyan Government in addressing the threats to the region from terrorism and instability. I also took the opportunity to discuss the recent African Summit declaration on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and welcomed President Kenyatta's and Deputy President Ruto's continued commitment to fulfil their international legal obligations to cooperate with the ICC”.