Qatar donated 68 armored vehicles to Somalia on Thursday, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said. The armored vehicles, delivered in Mogadishu, will strengthen the Somali state, which is battling an Islamist insurgency,
A briefing at the Mogadishu Port was attended by the Minister of Defense of the Somali Government of Qatar,
General Mohamud Ali, the Qatari military official, said the vehicle was targeted by the Somali National Army, saying the number of trucks had been transferred to the Somali Armed Forces 68 armored vehicle
Somali National Army Chief of Staff, Dahir Adan Elmi thanked the people of Qatar and the Qatari government for the Somali National Army received the vehicles.
He said that the Somali National Army is ready to defend the Somali people from the enemy, and said. Somalia’s Minister of Defense, Hassan Mohamed Ali, has praised the United Nations Security Council for supporting the Transitional Federal Government forces in Somalia.
