Turkey cuts direct budget support to Somalia | Somalicurrent.com
Turkey has stopped direct budgetary support to Somalia, cutting off a major source of funding for a government trying to rebuild the country after more than two decades of chaos, Reuters News Agency reported on Friday.
Turkish government is Somalia’s major ally, financing development and humanitarian projects in the horn of Africa Nation.
Turkey is constructing roads, hospitals, and schools in Mogadishu, while Turkish business companies are pouring in Somalia.
The Agency referring to Turkish foreign ministry official said that the government has stopped the direct budget support payments to Somalia at the end of 2013.
It is not clear what has caused this decision, but Reuters reported that Somali government hopes the payments will be re-started.
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