Somalia, Ethiopia to strengthen security cooperation

Addis Ababa, August 24, 2021 (FBC) – Somalia’s armed forces chief of staff met with his Ethiopian counterpart yesterday to discuss security cooperation between the two neighbors.

“Somali National Army Chief General Odawa Yusuf Rageh and Ethiopian National Defense Forces Chief General Berhanu Jula held a meeting in Addis Ababa. The two commanders discussed ways to strengthen the security cooperation between the two countries,” the Somali military said in a statement issued after the meeting.

A senior Somali military official familiar with the meeting told Anadolu Agency by phone that “Ethiopians are our neighbors and they are helping us in the fighting against al-Shabaab as their forces are in Somalia serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM).”

Source: AA