
Office of the State Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Office of the State Minister for Foreign Affairs
@SMMOFA
Twitter account of the Office of the State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Somalia. The current SM: H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar.




#ATMIS today concluded the first phase of troop withdrawal with the handover of #Mogadishu’s Aljazeera One Training Forward Operating Base (FOB) and #Jubaland State’s Gherille FOB to the Somali Security Forces (SSF). The former, manned by @UPDF_, was handed over to the #SSF by ATMIS Sector One Commander, Brig. Gen. Peter Omola, while the latter was handed over to the #Jubaland Security Force by @KDFinfo Gherille FOB Commander, Maj. Shitanda Terence Soita. This brings the total number of FOBs handed over to SSF to six, while the Marka Ayub facility was closed. #ATMIS is expected to withdraw 2000 troops by the end of June in line with @UN Security Council resolutions 2628 and 2670.

It was a pleasure hosting @HassanSMohamud at the Pentagon today. We remain steadfast in our partnership with Somalia and our shared objective to counter al-Shabaab.
































