克里将会见吉布提政府官员

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to hold meetings in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti Wednesday, the latest stop on his foreign tour that included a stop in Somalia on Tuesday.

Kerry is expected to meet with President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and also later with U.S. officials at the U.S. military base Camp Lemmonier. The U.S. military installment in Djibouti has become an important part of the U.S. military presence in the Middle East, as it lies just across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

On Tuesday, Kerry made a historic visit to Somalia, becoming the first top-ranking U.S. diplomat to visit the war-torn country.

VOA\'s Pam Dockins, who is traveling with Kerry, reports the secretary spent about three-and-a-half hours at the Mogadishu airport, where he met with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the prime minister and other officials.

Somali Foreign Minister Abdisalam Hadliye Omer told VOA\'s Somali service that the visit shows Somalia has turned around and is "open for business."

He said talks with Kerry focused on giving Somalia a stronger government and prospects for reopening a U.S. embassy in the capital.

预计克里将会见吉布提总统盖莱和外交部长优素福，随后将在美国军事基地勒莫尼尔营与美国官员会面。由于吉布提与也门和沙特阿拉伯隔亚丁湾相望，美国在吉布提的军事设施已成为美国在中东军事存在的重要组成部分。

克里星期二对索马里进行了具有历史意义的访问。这是美国国务卿首次访问这个饱受战火蹂躏的国家。

随同克里访问的美国之音记者多金斯报道说，克里在摩加迪沙机场停留了大约三个半小时，在那里会晤了索马里总统马哈茂德、总理和其他官员。

索马里外长奥马尔对美国之音说，克里此次显示索马里的局势已经趋于正常。

奥马尔说，与克里的讨论重点是加强索马里政府以及准备在索马里首都重开美国大使馆。