Deputy Prime Minister Salah Jama held talks with the German Ambassador to Somalia this week.
Souef Mohamed El-Amine also attended the talks in his capacity as the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).
During the talks, Ambassador Sebastian Groth assured Jama of the European Union’s backing for Somalia’s army.
He said that the EU would support the training and mentoring of Somali military personnel.
Amb. Groth spent two days in Mogadishu.
He is based in Nairobi where he also serves as the German Ambassador to Kenya and Seychelles.