MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia and Türkiye on Monday discussed ways to enhance cooperation in diplomatic training, according to a statement from the Somali Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi met with Mesut Ozcan, director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, in the capital Mogadishu.
The two sides agreed to strengthen the relationship between the Turkish academy and the Somali Diplomatic Institute, the statement said.
Fiqi thanked Türkiye for its support, noting Ankara has trained more than 80 Somali diplomats over the past 15 years.
The close ties between the two countries date back to 2011, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister, visited Somalia — the first non-African leader to do so in over two decades.
Since then, Türkiye has carried out more than 150 development projects in Somalia, the statement added.
