Mogadishu (SONNA): the Federal Government of Somalia concluded a consultation meeting with the African Union Commission and AMISOM in Mogadishu.
The Federal Government of Somalia represented by H.E. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, Minister of Defense, H.E. Abdisaid Muse Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Abdullahi Mohamed Nor, Minister of Internal Security discussed with Dr. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, the Director of Conflict Management of AUC and H.E. Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of AU Commission, the future of a reconfigured AU-Transition Mission in Somalia.
The FGS and the AU agreed on a set of principles which will guide the post 2021 FGS- AU engagement. It is in this spirit in which both the FGS and the AU agreed for the technical teams to resume and to finalise the technical work no later than 11 February 2021.
The Federal Government of Somalia expressed its gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices made by AMISOM and TCCs who have alongside Somali Security Forces fought hard to achieve lasting peace and stability in Somalia.
The Federal Government of Somalia underscored that AMISOM must evolve into an AU Transition Mission and that the revised STP is the result of a Somali-owned and led process which determines security transition priorities through to the end of 2023.
