克里將會見吉布提政府官員

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.美國國務卿克里星期三將在非洲之角國家吉布提舉行會談。這是他此次出訪的最後一站，此前他於星期二訪問了索馬里。

預計克里將會見吉布提總統蓋萊和外交部長優素福，隨後將在美國軍事基地勒莫尼爾營與美國官員會面。由於吉布提與也門和沙特阿拉伯隔亞丁灣相望，美國在吉布提的軍事設施已成爲美國在中東軍事存在的重要組成部分。

克里星期二對索馬里進行了具有歷史意義的訪問。這是美國國務卿首次訪問這個飽受戰火蹂躪的國家。

隨同克里訪問的美國之音記者多金斯報道說，克里在摩加迪沙機場停留了大約三個半小時，在那裏會晤了索馬里總統馬哈茂德、總理和其他官員。

索馬里外長奧馬爾對美國之音說，克里此次顯示索馬里的局勢已經趨於正常。

奧馬爾說，與克里的討論重點是加強索馬里政府以及準備在索馬里首都重開美國大使館。