CAIRO – A joint political declaration signed by Egyptian and Somali leaders on Thursday has underlined Cairo’s commitment to providing military support to Mogadishu under their military cooperation protocol inked in mid-August 2024.
This military support aims to enable Somalia to fight and eradicate terrorism, leveraging the Egyptian capabilities and experience in this regard, the joint declaration read.
Moreover, the declaration includes enhancing counterterrorism cooperation between Egypt and Somalia through specialized training and the exchange of information between relevant authorities.
The two countries aim to capitalize on this collaboration to “assist Sudan in achieving the goal of eliminating terrorism and enforce the state’s sovereignty over its entire territory,” the declaration read.
The defense ministries of Egypt and Somalia are committed under the declaration to explore means of enhancing the two countries’ military relations, especially with regard to training and armament.
The ministries of defense will also work on fulfilling the needs of the Somali national army in various military fields, with a focus on combating terrorism and securing land and maritime borders.
The two countries will continue bolstering cooperation between the Ministry of Interior in Egypt and the Somali Ministry of Internal Security to enhance their law enforcement efforts.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his Somali counterpart, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, signed the joint political declaration in Cauri to elevate the relations between both countries to the level of strategic partnership.
Besides military cooperation, the declaration encompasses enhancing relations in the cultural and educational areas as well as judicial cooperation, political consultations, election management and economic collaboration.
Under the declaration, the two countries will enhance their economic ties in the fields of agriculture and livestock, fishing and fish farming, construction, transportation, financial and banking services, besides oil, gas, and renewable energy.
