In his first official trip as President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo asked Saudi King Salman Abdulaziz to convince the United Arab Emirates to cancel their plans of opening a military base in the Republic of Somaliland.
According to Riyadh Post, a concerned Farmaajo pleaded with the King to help him squash the deal between the Republic of Somaliland and the United Arab Emirates.
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It is not known whether Saudi Araba accepted Farmaajo’s request.
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Saudi Arabia is currently leading a military coalition of Sunni Muslim nations battling against Shia insurgents in Yemen.
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Both houses of the Republic of Somaliland’s parliament voted in favour of granting the UAE permission to build a military base in the country on February 12th.
