European Union to support security reforms in Somalia

The European Union has welcomed Somalia’s decision to take the lead in providing security for its people and to implement reforms in line with the National Security architecture agreed on  in April last year.  

Somalia’s army recently terminated a military cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), taking over the training, payment and control of soldiers who were previously under UAE.

The African Union peacekeeping mission, AMISOM, has also begun withdrawing its troops from Somalia.  

The High Representative and Vice President of the EU, Federica Mogherini,  in a meeting with Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, expressed the EU’s full support and commitment to security reforms in Somalia. 

SOURCE: AFRINEWS
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