The Council directly voted in favor of this
agreement between the Governments of Somalia & the United Arab
Emirates, and approved the Maritime Transport Act submitted by the
Ministry of Ports and Maritime Transport, the Somali Fisheries
Development and Management Bill submitted by the Ministry of Fisheries
and Blue Resources.
This comes two weeks after the cabinet
rejected a military agreement between the two countries. Prime Minister
Hamsa Abdi Barre has said the government will soon begin implementation
of the agreement to utilize for the enhancement of the security and
cooperation between Mogadishu and Abu Dhabi.
The government of the United Arab Emirates
has already trained special forces in Somalia, provided them with
weapons, vehicles, equipment and other things they needed.
