Turkey will present maritime safety assist to Somalia to assist the African nation defend its territorial waters, an official from the Turkish defence ministry mentioned on Thursday.
Turkey and Somalia signed a defence and financial cooperation settlement earlier this month throughout Somali defence minister’s go to to Ankara.
Commenting on the main points of the settlement, a Turkish defence ministry official talking on the situation of anonymity mentioned Ankara had been offering coaching to Somali military for greater than ten years.
The settlement goals to reinforce defence cooperation between Turkey and Somalia, the official mentioned.
“Upon request from Somalia, we are going to present assist within the discipline of maritime safety, as we did within the discipline of struggle in opposition to terrorism,” he mentioned.
“We are going to assist Somalia develop its capability and capabilities to fight unlawful and irregular actions in its territorial waters.”
Turkey has develop into a detailed ally of the Somali authorities in recent times. Ankara has constructed colleges, hospitals and infrastructure and offered scholarships for Somalis to review in Turkey.
In 2017, Turkey opened its largest abroad navy base in Mogadishu. Turkey additionally supplies coaching to Somali navy and police.
