The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is ready to hand over the responsibility of securing Villa Somalia and the federal parliament to Somali forces.
ATMIS confirmed this latest development on Sunday.
A day earlier, the National Security Advisor in the Office of the President broke this news.
The confirmation from ATMIS indicates that plans are now fully in place to allow Somali forces to take over these responsibilities within the next few days.
According to ATMIS, this development is the part of the ongoing process of pulling its forces out of the country.