# Stockholm delegation visits Hargeisa for city planning talks

> Hargeisa officials expressed a desire for Stockholm to share expertise in urban planning and beautification during a 2015 visit…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: utilities, roads
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/stockholm-delegation-hargeisa-planning-talks

## Key points

- A delegation from Stockholm Municipality visited Hargeisa on 10 January 2015, meeting senior municipal and government officials.
- Hargeisa officials expressed a desire for Stockholm to share expertise in urban planning and beautification.
- No formal agreement, funding, project scope, or subsequent actions were reported.

On 10 January 2015, a delegation from Stockholm Municipality visited Hargeisa, meeting senior municipal and government officials in the Somaliland capital, according to a report published that day by Somaliland Sun. The same report records local officials' stated desire for Stockholm to contribute expertise to the planning and beautification of Hargeisa's urban infrastructure.

Hargeisa Mayor Abdirahman Mohamoud Aydid received the delegation, which was led by the Secretary General of the Municipality of Stockholm, according to Somaliland Sun. The mayor was joined by the Secretary General of Hargeisa city, the Director General of the Ministry of Information and National Guidance, the General Manager of National Television, and other officials including members of the House of Parliament, the report states.

The purpose of the visit, as attributed to Mayor Aydid, was for the delegation to contribute expertise and technical recommendations to development activities in the country, with particular emphasis on planning and developing cities including Hargeisa. The mayor also said several meetings would be arranged to create close relations and links between Hargeisa and Stockholm.

Somaliland Sun attributes a statement to the Chairman of the Hargeisa local council expressing a desire that Stockholm municipality contribute its experience to the development and beautification of Hargeisa. The report does not record any formal commitment, agreement, or funding from the Swedish side.

Mowlid Waris, Secretary General of Hargeisa city, is quoted characterising the visit as establishing a "new cooperation" between the two cities. The Stockholm Secretary General, named in the report as Mr. Lors Radh, said his delegation was pleased to arrive in Hargeisa and had received an invitation from the Somaliland capital.

The Somaliland Sun report of 10 January 2015 does not establish what, if anything, occurred after the visit. No project name, budget, funding figure, contract, contractor, consultant, client, specification, timeline, or formal agreement is stated. The article's headline suggests an intention, but the body of the report records a stated desire and a visit, not a concluded programme.

## Questions

### What specific assistance will Stockholm provide?

The report does not specify any concrete assistance. Only a stated desire by Hargeisa officials for Stockholm to contribute expertise in planning and beautification is recorded.

### Is there a formal agreement between Hargeisa and Stockholm?

No formal agreement is mentioned. The Secretary General of Hargeisa described a 'new cooperation' as being established, but no document or signed instrument is cited.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: Stockholm to Contribute the Beautification and Planning of Hargeisa Infrastructure System](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-stockholm-to-contribute-the-beautification-and-planning-of-hargeisa-infrastructure-system/) — Somaliland Sun, 2015-01-10