Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has paid a surprise visit at African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Mogadishu.
Mr. Farmajo along with Somali National Army (SNA) force commander, Abdullahi Ali Anod, chief of custodial corps, Bashir Mohamed Jama’a and other military officials have visited Jalle Siad Military Academy, which homes AMISOM’s Burundi contingent.
AU special representative for Somalia, Francisco Madeira received The President and the delegates at the base.
“I received @mFarmjo, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia accompanied by senior defence & SNA officials, during his impromptu visit at Jalle Siad Military Academy (Siad Barre Military Academy)” Madeira said in a twitter post.
The President inspected different departments of the base which is scheduled to base for SNA.
“M. Farmajo visited the academy to inspect the facilities, to see how the academy can be used by trained Somali troops as AMISOM prepares & implements a phased & conditions-based transition of security responsibility to the Somali National Security Forces,” Madeira explained.
The president met with AMISOM officials where they discussed on wide range issues including security, transitional plan and SNA support.
“President @M Farmaajo interacted with AMISOM troops and expressed gratitude, on behalf of the Somali People for the good work AMISOM is doing in Somalia and encouraged the troops to continue with the good work in securing the country and support to SNA troops,” he noted.
The African Union is planning to end more than 10 years of peacekeeping mission in Horn of African nation at the end of 2020.
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