MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s parliament on Wednesday endorsed a protection and financial settlement cooperation settlement signed with Turkey on February 8 as a part of efforts to counter Ethiopia’s entry to the ocean by means of the break-away area of Somaliland.
Talking after the deal was ratified in a joint session of the 2 chambers of the Somali parliament, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud mentioned Turkey will assist Somalia defend its sea.
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre described the settlement as “historic”, saying that it’ll assist authorities forestall piracy, terrorism, poisonous dumping and different exterior threats.
The deal comes weeks after Ethiopia signed an settlement with Somaliland to realize entry to a parcel of land alongside the Purple Sea, in what authorities in Mogadishu known as unlawful and an infringement on the Horn of Africa nation’s sovereignty.
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