Somaliland selling Saylac a historic coastal to Russia





Somaliland’s separatist administration is said to have been a major contributor to a military base in the coastal city of Saylac over the past few months.
The report comes after a series of meetings between the Somali Federal Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Russia in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The plan, which has been deeply engrossed by the president of Somaliland, Muse Bihi, was reported to have ended after the Russian government failed to take a delegation led by the Foreign Minister of Somaliland to visit Moscow in the Russian capital.





Saylac. A historic coastal area, is close to Djibouti, where it has military bases in various countries, including the United States, France and China.
The most important aspect of identity recognition was that the Russian government was helping to identify identity as an independent state, and that would be a major source of Russian territory in Saylac district.

The Somaliland politicians have expressed concern that Russia’s support for the Syrian opposition leader Bashar Al Assad would give him the same if he recognizes them, although the efforts in Hargeisa have not been successful.
Somaliland has previously signed a military agreement with the United Arab Emirates over a large area of ​​Berbera, but the deal was signed, but the construction of these stations was delayed. The Federal Government and the Russian Federation.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Issa Awad at the UN General Assembly held a special meeting on bilateral relations.
The Russian government said it wants to strengthen its co-operation and partnership with the Somali government. Russia has been one of the major contributors to building a military base in Somalia since the civil war and military rule of the country, and built a major airport in Berbera, which has now transferred Somaliland’s administration to the United Arab Emirates. Moscow did not comment on calls and requests from the Somaliland administration but said they would strengthen the relationship with the Somali Federal Government.