Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has held talks with United Arab Emirates (UAE) trained soldiers barely four days after the government took over General Gordan Academy. The president met with 270 Emirati trained soldiers in a bid to motivate them and get to the bottom of recently reported clashes with SNA soldiers.
Speaking at the meeting, President Farmajo has called upon the officers to execute their duties with the respected the army’s code of conduct he further extended pardon to the soldiers who engaged in clashes with a unit from Somali National Army.
A day after Somalia took control of the training center vacated by UAE, two factions of SNA soldiers have clashed following a dispute over the military hardware left by Emirati trainers.
The standoff between the UAE and Somalia has triggered uncertainty among the soldiers who fear that their salaries which were paid by the Emirati government through an agreement between the two governments.
