Türkiye sends troops to Somalia

report Mehr News Agency, according to Reuters, following the agreement between the two countries of Somalia and Turkey on the deployment of a Turkish exploration ship on the coast of Somalia to find oil and gas, Turkey is going to support its naval force. send to Somali waters.

Anatolia news agency also reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented a plan in this regard to the Turkish Parliament late on Friday. In this plan, Erdoğan demanded permission to deploy the Turkish army in Somalia.

Previously, the Turkish Ministry of Energy announced that Ankara will deploy an exploration ship to the coast of Somalia to search for oil and gas later this year. This action is done as part of the oil cooperation agreement between the two countries.

At the beginning of this year, during the visit of the Somali Defense Minister to Ankara, an agreement on defense and economic cooperation between Turkey and Somalia was signed.

Turkey has become a close ally of the Somali government in recent years.