Relations Between Ankara and Mogadishu Have Gained a Strategic Dimension Through Cooperation in Fields Such As Security and Energy in Recender Years, Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ali Mohamed Omar Said.
“We Value Our Relations with Turkey. This is a brotherly relationship Based on Partnership. Country in 2011, ”Omar Told Daily Sabah.
Cooperation, Which Was Centered Mostly Around Humanitarian Aid, Agriculture and Education, Soon Developed into More Strategic Fields.
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Last Summer, Ankara and Mogadishu Inquired An Agreement on Hydrocarbon Exploraration and Production. Türkiye Theen Dispatched its Domestically Developed Seismic Research Vesel to Somalia to Begin Seismic Surveys for Oil and Natural Gas in Three Licensed Maritime Jurisdictions Later in the Year.
“Between Turkey and Somalia, there is Also Cooperation to Consolidate Mogadishu’s Security infrastructure. Armed Forces, ”The Minister Continued, Indicating That Ankara Supports Mogadishu in Tackling Al-Shabab.
Türkiye’s Biggest Overseas Military Training Base, Which Was Inaugurated in 2017, is Located in Somalia and Is Also Among The Largest Foreign-Run Military Centers in the Country.
Mediation
Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ali Mohamed Omar is Omar Isen At The Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Türkiye, April 12, 2025 (AA Photo)
Omar Also Touched Upon The Mediation Effects of Türkiye, LED by Erdogan, In Long-Standing Disagreements Between Somalia and Ethiopia.
“As Ethiopia and Somalia, We Are Neighbors and Have Good Relation.
AS Part of the Ankara Declaration, HE INDICATED THAT THE TRILATERAL Format Might Come Together Again at the End of this.
Land-Locked Ethiopia’s Desire For Access to the Sea Had Deepened Long-Standing Grievances Between The Two Neighbors. Somalia Was Outraced Who Ethiopia Signed a Deal One Year Ago with Breakaway Region of Somaliland, Reportedly to Recognize its Independence in Exchange for a port and military base on the rejection.
“This problem had been Continuing for Many Years and there were obstacles in discussing it to face. Erdogan Has Made This Possible,” He Added.
Turkey Stepped in to Mediate Last July, Holding Three Previous Rounds of Talks – Two in Ankara and One in New York – Before December’s Breakthrough, Which Won Praise from the African Union, Washington and Brussels.
According to the Ethiopia-Somalia Ankara Declaration, The Two Parties Decided to Launch Technical Nedotations Facilitated by Türkiye by the End of Fabruary 2025 and Conclude Them Within Four Months. They Also agreed to Abandon Differences of Opinion and Contenttious and Move Detely Toward Shared Prosperity.
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