The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia has said that there is no official news from the government of Somalia, that Ethiopia has been informed that its peacekeeping forces are withdrawing from Somalia.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nabiu Tedla, said in a press release that the news about the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia, which was reported by the National Security Adviser of Somalia, did not know anything about it.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said that there is no official diplomatic relationship from the Somali side regarding this matter.
Nabiu Tedla said that discussions related to the army that will replace Atmis have not started yet, and the first phase is still going on.
Thousands of Ethiopian soldiers are in Somalia as part of a bilateral agreement between the two countries and the African Union’s temporary mission ATMIS..
However, the government of Somalia, which is angry about the Sea Gate agreement between the government of Ethiopia and Somaliland, wants the Ethiopian troops to leave the country by the end of 2024.
