MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has today met with the newly appointed Turkish ambassador to Mogadishu.
Ambassador Mehmet Yilmaz presented his credentials to President Farmaajo at the presidential palace.
The president praised the newly appointed ambassador and hoped that he would strengthen the relations between Somalia and Turkey.
“President Mohamed Farmaajo receives credentials from the new Turkish Ambassador to Somalia, Mehmet Yılmaz. Turkey is a valuable ally and a close friend,” Villa Somalia said in a Twitter post.
The new envoy has replaced former ambassador Oglan Bekar whose diplomatic services came to an end last month.
Somalia and Turkey enjoy very close strong diplomatic, economic and defence relations since the high profile visit of the Prime Minister who is the current President Rajab Tayyip Erdogan on August 2011.
Since then Ankara plays a crucial role in infrastructural development as well as the rebuilding of Somalia’s armed forces.
It opened a military academy in Mogadishu a year ago to train and equip Somali military.
Its international cooperation agency, TIKA, is also involved in the rebuilding of Somali national assembly apart from the humanitarian activities.
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