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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 ]
Relations between the territories of present-day Somalia and the United Arab Emirates stretch back to antiquity. The 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, among other documents, reports early commercial exchanges between traders inhabiting city-states on the northern Somalia littoral with Himyarite and Sabaean merchants, who controlled much of the Arabian Peninsula. [1]
United Arab Emirates: See Somalia–United Arab Emirates relations Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia Abdirahman Duale Beyle meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Somalia Mohamed Al-Osmani in Mogadishu. Relations between the territories of present-day Somalia and the United Arab Emirates stretch back to antiquity. [167]
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.
UTC+04:00 time zone (blue) United Arab Emirates Standard Time or UAE Standard Time is the time zone for the UAE. It is given by Gulf Standard Time, being 4 hours ahead of GMT/UTC and is co-linear with neighbouring Oman. The UAE does not change clocks for daylight saving time. [1]
1971 – the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain join the Arab League. 26 November 1973 – Mauritania joins the Arab League thirteen years after independence. 14 February 1974 – Somalia joins the Arab League fourteen years after independence. 9 September 1976 – Palestinian Liberation Organisation joins the Arab League. [15]
There is a sizable Somali community in the United Arab Emirates. Somali-owned businesses line the streets of Deira, the Dubai city centre, [66] with only Iranians exporting more products from the city at large. [67] Relations between the modern-day territories of Somalia and Yemen stretch back to antiquity.