{"id":438842,"date":"2025-04-06T08:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=438842"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T06:04:23","slug":"somalia-uganda-discuss-regional-security-and-defense-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-uganda-discuss-regional-security-and-defense-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia, Uganda Discuss Regional Security and Defense Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kampala, (SONNA) \u2013 The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, paid a one-day official visit to Uganda today at the invitation of his counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni. The two leaders held productive and wide-ranging discussions at the State House in Nakasero.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting concluded with several key outcomes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The two Presidents reaffirmed the strong and historic bilateral relations between Somalia and Uganda, commending the close cooperation across various sectors.<\/li>\n<li>They discussed regional security dynamics, emphasizing the critical need to maintain peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.<\/li>\n<li>Both leaders welcomed the launch of the new African Union peace support mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), marking a new phase of support for Somalia\u2019s security transition.<\/li>\n<li>They underscored the importance of enhancing international support for the implementation of Somalia\u2019s Security Development Plan and strengthening the capacity of the Somali National Army.<\/li>\n<li>The Presidents also revisited the bilateral defense cooperation agreement previously signed between the two nations, directing relevant institutions to expedite its implementation.<\/li>\n<li>President Hassan Sheikh expressed his gratitude for the warm hospitality extended to him and his delegation, and formally invited President Museveni for an official visit to Mogadishu.<\/li>\n<li>In response, President Yoweri Museveni thanked President Hassan Sheikh for his visit and accepted the invitation to visit the Somali capital in the near future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-438847\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1332.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1332.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1332-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-438848\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1333.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1333.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1333-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-438849\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1334.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1334.jpeg 529w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1334-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kampala, (SONNA) \u2013 The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, paid a one-day official visit to Uganda today at the invitation of his counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni. The two leaders held productive and wide-ranging discussions at the State House in Nakasero. The meeting concluded with several key outcomes: The two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":438844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438850,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438842\/revisions\/438850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}