Military economic negotiations between Türkiye and Somalia/killing of 23 al-Shabaab terrorists

Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, President of Somalia, who has gone to Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Summit, met with the President of this country, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yesterday and discussed with him the expansion of bilateral cooperation.

During this meeting, the two sides discussed the developments in Palestine (Gaza Strip), humanitarian aid and the fight against terrorism.

According to the report of the World Food Program affiliated with the United Nations, 6 million and 900 thousand Somali citizens are in need of humanitarian aid this year.

According to the article of New Somali newspaper, in this meeting, the president of Turkey emphasized his country’s readiness to provide all-round support to Somalia, especially in the field of military cooperation, and stated: Ankara is ready to end the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia to mediate.

Two months ago, the Ethiopian government reached an agreement with the authorities of the region known as Somaliland, which wants to separate from Somalia. In recognition of this area, a 20-kilometer passage should be allocated for Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea for 50 years, and Ethiopia would establish a military base there.

Following the signing of this agreement, the president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, signed the law to cancel the Ethiopia-Somaliland agreement and called this agreement a clear violation of the national sovereignty and territorial unity of Somalia. Since then, the tension in the relations between the two ruling countries

This newspaper wrote in another news: The Somali Federal Army with the help of its international allies during an operation in The center of this country managed to kill 23 terrorists belonging to al-Shabaab group. According to the statement of the Somali army, 20 of Al-Shabaab terrorists were also injured.

Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, which has destroyed the stability and security of Somalia for more than two decades and It has affected the countries of the Horn of Africa with its terrorist operations.

With the arrival of “Hasan Sheikh Mahmoud” in the presidential palace of Somalia, a convergence to eradicate al-Shabab came into existence and the armed men of the tribes joined the Federal Army of Somalia and by carrying out numerous operations against al-Shabaab, they cleared a large part of Somalia from the loot of this terrorist group.

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