Somalia’s peacekeeping operation, ATMIS, has announced that they have removed 5,000 soldiers from Somalia, and 13 military bases have been handed over to the Somali security agency, during the first and second phases of the reduction of ATMIS.
The top commanders of the African Union forces in ATMIS, which concluded a four-day meeting on Thursday last week, underlined how to set up the final strategy for operations against the Al Shabaab group and the next phase of the reduction of 4000 soldiers. additional until June.
The African Union envoy to Somalia and head of ATMIS, Ambassador Souef, said that the third phase of ATMIS reduction will be completed successfully, urging the ATMIS commanders to work closely with the Somali Security Forces (SSF), to maintain security during the transition period.
The ATMIS commanders’ conference is held every three months to plan the mission’s security priorities to implement the Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
