And he attended Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-SisiThursday, summit in Eritrean capital Asmara, where he pledged with my boss Somalia Eritrea and strong cooperation to achieve regional security.
The Somali authorities said in a statement at the conclusion of the summit that they welcomed the offer Egypt to publish Peacekeeping forces As part of a stabilization force when the current African Union force is dissolved next December.
The statement said that the leaders welcomed the decision of the African Peace and Security Council to launch the “African Union Mission to Support Stabilization in Somalia,” under whose mandate Egyptian or other forces will be deployed.
A separate statement following the summit, signed by representatives of Somalia, Egypt and Eritrea, affirmed Somalia’s sovereign right to determine the formation, tasks and timetable for the deployment of AMISOM forces.
