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The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi with UAE Amb. Abdulla Alnaqbi. In February 2017, both houses of the parliament of Somaliland accepted the bid from the government of the UAE for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces to establish a military base in Berbera along with the redevelopment of the Berbera Airport. [3]
The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi with UAE Amb. Abdulla Alnaqbi. In February 2017, both houses of the parliament of Somaliland accepted the bid from the government of the UAE for the Union Defence Force (UAE) to establish a military base in Berbera along with the redevelopment of the Berbera Airport. [26]
The United Arab Emirates trained hundreds of Somali troops since 2014. [10] The UAE had been paying the salaries of several hundred Somali soldiers, and trained an anti-piracy force in Puntland state of Somalia. The training mission ended after Somali police seized money in three unmarked bags on a Royal Jet plane at the Aden Adde International ...
The United Arab Emirates no longer plans to establish a military airport in Somaliland and the facility currently being built will be turned into a civilian airport, the region's president said.
Somaliland–United Arab Emirates relations This page was last edited on 9 May 2022, at 11:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
March 13 – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sends envoy Abdulla Alnaqbi to Hargeisa to become the first UAE representative to Somaliland. "Somaliland and the United Arab Emirates share strategic partnership, friendship, and common values.
The construction of the Berbera corridor was an integral part of a contract agreement made by the Somaliland government and the United Arab Emirates and its owned port company Dubai Ports World. The corridor connects Berbera port to Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, passing through Tog Wajaale and connecting to Ethiopia. [9]
However, the agreement has stirred up debate with the main Somaliland opposition party Waddani arguing the agreement was between Somalia and the UAE, this claim was denied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia stating that no evidence was produced indicating the Berbera port deal was signed with previous governments of Somalia.