Somalia is considering Rwanda as a potential partner to train government troops amid concerns over deadly clashes in the lawless country's capital.
Somalia's Defense minister Professor Mohamed Abdi Mohamed arrived in Rwanda late Wednesday to ask Kigali for assistance in training military personnel, a Press TV correspondent reported Thursday citing media reports.
A Rwandan military spokesperson was quoted as saying that the Somalia minister would hold talks with his Rwandan counterpart and other high-ranking government officials to explore ways by which the east African nation can help Somalia in military training.
“The training of the Somali National Security Forces and capacity building for key ministries and institutions in Somalia will feature prominently in the various discussions,” said Rwandan army spokesperson Major Jill Rutaremara.
Unspecified numbers of Somali military forces are reportedly already undergoing training in Rwanda. The Somalia delegation is expected to visit the Rwandan military academy.
The new government of the war-ravaged horn of Africa nation, which had been without a functioning government since 1991, has been fending off intensified attacks by anti-government rebels since it took power in January.
So far, only Burundi and Uganda have backed the government of Sheikh Ahmed Sharif with a 4,000-strong peacekeeping force.
Source: PressTV
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