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LONDON, Feb 23 (KUNA) -- Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday that he was pleased that Binyam Mohamed was coming back to the United Kingdom.
"His release and return from Guantanamo Bay is the result of a number of years of very hard work by officials with him and with his team.
"Obviously the release of Binyam Mohamed is the first release from Guantanamo Bay since the election of President (Barack) Obama.
"We very much welcome President Obama's commitment to close Guantanamo Bay and I see today's return of Binyam Mohamed as the first step towards that shared goal, " he added.
Mohamed just arrived back to UK coming from Guantanamo with a coverage of his arrival by media. (end) oas.tg KUNA 231717 Feb 09NNNN