{"id":117670,"date":"2025-09-03T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=117670"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:14:44","slug":"117670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2025\/09\/117670\/","title":{"rendered":"State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Balcad said that the Turkish government stands by Somalia through the stages the country has gone through."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ali Omar Ali (Balcad), has written an article on Turkey\u2019s role in Somalia\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

The Minister recalled the visit of former Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to Mogadishu in August 2011, noting that the visit was an event that changed the world\u2019s perception of Somalia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a clear message that Somalia should not be forgotten,\u201d the Minister said, adding that Ankara had inspired the hopes of the Somali people.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurkey is not just a diplomatic friend, it is a true brother. Today in Mogadishu you see hospitals, schools, and infrastructure built by Turkey,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n

The Minister noted that the next phase of cooperation between the two countries would be economic development. He noted Somalia\u2019s vast agricultural land and long coastline, which are rich in marine resources, while Turkey has modern industries and international trade networks.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomalia is not just a country that receives aid, it is a country that is ready to grow with Turkey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Finally, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the relationship between Somalia and Turkey is an example of what can happen when countries have genuine South-South cooperation.<\/p>\n

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The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ali Omar Ali (Balcad), has written an article on Turkey\u2019s role in Somalia\u2019s recovery. The Minister recalled the visit of former Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to Mogadishu in August 2011, noting that the visit was an event that changed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117675,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117670\/revisions\/117675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}