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Somalia’s Council of Ministers has ratified a new maritime agreement with Turkey which outsources the protection of Somalia’s territorial water for ten years, Somali news site Garowe Online reported on Wednesday. The agreement grants Turkey "comprehensive authority" over the defence and management of Somalia’s maritime territory, the newspaper reported. Turkey will allegedly receive 30 percent of revenues from Somalia’s exclusive economic

Somalia signs an agreement with Türkiye to protect its territorial waters and build a naval force. Somalia also receives the largest Turkish military base and training center outside Turkey. Tensions have increased between neighboring Somalia and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa since the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Somaliland. The tension came against the backdrop of the latter signing an agreement. with separatist SomAliland granting it a coast on the Gulf of Aden. Mogadishu denounced the "illegal" agreement.

Somalia has outsourced the defense of its territorial waters to Turkey, amidst rising tensions with Ethiopia.

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