MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Saturday travelled to Uganda after he received an official invitation from Ugandan government.
In a statement, Somali presidency said president Farmajo will hold talks with his Ugandan counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni.
The leaders are expected to discuss on the fight against Al-Shabaab and bilateral relations of the two countries.
President Farmajo travelled to Uganda after he completed two days state visit to Turkey, one of the allies of federal government.
He held talks with his counterpart, Erdogan on security, bilateral relations and strengthening the rebuilding of Somalia through provision of development projects.
The visit of president Farmajo to Uganda comes hours after Uganda’s Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF), General David Muhoozi arrived Somalia on a routine visit to Ugandan troops deployed in Somalia.
Gen. Muhoozi met with the AU Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, where the two discussed the progress made in the transitioning of national security responsibilities to the Somali National Security Forces.
The Uganda CDF commended the forces from all the Troop Contributing Countries to AMISOM, for their efforts in the process of degrading Al-Shabaab extremists and lauded AMISOM for extending the “frontiers of peace and liberation, and fostering development” in the Horn of Africa country.
On his part, Ambassador Madeira said the visit by Gen. Muhoozi offers reassurance to the Mission’s leadership and troops.
“We talked about how we can move ahead in the coming times. How we can, together, implement the transition, (and) Resolution 2431 of the UN Security Council, which gives us the mandate up to May next year,” remarked Ambassador Madeira.
The leaders discussed planned joint military operations with the Somali security forces.
“We both agreed that we need to continue to move together, we need to ensure that Somali troops are ready to take over from us. We need also, to make sure that Al-Shabaab is further degraded,” he said.
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