The new Somali National Army (SNA) chief held discussions on the impending drawdown of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding and Souef Mohamed El-Amine.
SNA chief Gen. Ibrahim Sheikh discussed this issue and more with Okiding and El-Amine in Mogadishu on Thursday.
Lt. Gen. Okiding is the ATMIS Force Commander.
El-Amine is the head of ATMIS and also the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC).
Over the past week, ATMIS has transferred several security responsibilities to SNA.
It has also handed over a few forward operating bases (FOBs) to the national armed forces of Somalia in anticipation of the reduction of its forces in the country by 2,000 troops as of June 30, 2023.