Chimera Posted October 10, 2012 Chief of the Turkish General Staff meets his Somali counterpart Chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel met with Chief of the Somali General Staff Gen. Abdul Qadir Ali in Ankara, the Turkish capital. ANKARA (AA) - September 24, 2012 - Chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel met on Monday with Chief of the Somali General Staff Gen. Abdul Qadir Ali in Ankara, the Turkish capital. Ozel welcomed his Somali counterpart Gen. Ali with full military honors at the General Staff headquarters. The Turkish and Somali top soldiers held a bilateral meeting, which was closed to the news media. LINK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mintid Farayar Posted October 10, 2012 Turkey wishes to train the Somali security sector (this has faced strong resistance from key international stakeholders in the Somali Contact Group). The latest ICG report on Turkey-Somalia relations sheds some light on this disagreement: Turkey wants to train the Somali military, and apparently the U.S. and Ethiopia are not happy about this. Crisis Group interview, senior diplomat, Brussels, 11 May 2012. AMISOM also maintains it wants to lead on security sector reform. Crisis Group interview, Nairobi, 7 August 2012. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chimera Posted October 10, 2012 The Fund for the Reconstruction of the Somali Armed Forces has already been planned by the Turkish government, and they have the resources to foot the bill on their own if necessary. This recent closed doors meeting is very important, and shows the committment of Ankara in building the capacity of the Somali security sector, any so-called 'stakeholder' trying to keep Somalia weak and ineffective will be ignored, this is a permanent government, not a transitional one. That is what Turkey was waiting for, an equal partner, and now they have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xiinfaniin Posted October 10, 2012 Turkey has it Great job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xaaji Xunjuf Posted October 10, 2012 If Somalia has a strong army many current players in Somalia will lose their job,that's why every one wants to be involved. Uganda wants to be involved the Ethiopians don't want to be sidelined even Morsi of Egypt wants to train the Somali defense forces. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar Posted October 10, 2012 He is in Uganda today with the new president as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaadhHaye Posted October 10, 2012 Janissaries of the horn…with bare hands they thunder lions.... start the video at 4:45 http://www.ishabaydhaba.com/?p=28572" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Somalia Posted October 10, 2012 He's not playing around. :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
