UAE seeks to open military base in Somaliland

[original dervish]

The reason for our precarious situation is simple.....we have no real country, just a collection of warring statelets.

[JSL3000]

UAE base is not bad berbera runway and ficilities needs an upgrade.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Arabs betrayed us when we went to war with Ethiopia before. They either did nothing or actively aided Mengistu. Why should we put trust in these snakes? Why must we sell our land to the lowest bidder all the time, are we a people without any morals or pride?

I see no reason to reject this deal out of " anti Arab " rational. SL should cultivate a relationship with non Saudi gulf Arabs. Both Qadar and UAI has billions of dollars to spend on military and strategic politics. If we can get weapons and good infrastructure from them so be it. We shouldn't waste our time with the Ethiopians. Thesr poor motherfuckers think of themselves as east African American clients that are suppose to police the somalis and muslims in that part of tge continent.

By having multiple military alliances with rich Arabs we can challenge Ethiopian hegemony by using arab wealth and military hard ware. We dont get shit from Ethiopia our relationship has been good only for them. They sell us drugs and what else? The only leverage these short dwarfs have over us are their airport where our politicians use yo travel the world nothing else. We should also explore the idea of having UAI civilian airplanes operate in SL. That would completely free us from the Ethiopian leverage.

I am not on the side of Ethiopia in this argument. I despise them but Arab exporting their war on Assad and Houthis to us isn't gonna help us, when terrorists see us as a legitimate target. I'm just saying, waligeen ma waxaynu noqon naag Kolba non chain guursanyoo?

If you guys truly want this to happen, then you better get a really sweet and juicy deal from the dhegcas - not like the shitty Berbera port deal. Somehow, I don't think we will though.

[mahoka]

Why can't we give this base to another world power

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Why can't we give this base to another world power

I wouldn't mind Russia or China.

[mahoka]

Why can't we give this base to another world power

I wouldn't mind Russia or China.

That is what I am saying. Arabs should be the last on this list

[X.Playa]

Arab or Israel it don't matter . We need weapons and training to send the walaweyns once and for all and for to the chasom of hell once they came.

[PanSomaliNationalist]

Russians are snakes and shouldn't be trusted. UAE was probably the best choice

[JSL3000]

Arab or Israel it don't matter . We need weapons and training to send the walaweyns once and for all and for to the chasom of hell once they came.

That makes sense.

[Museyusuf]

SL government should lobby the Arabs to get better deals. More military equipment is a must. More training for the army. Maybe even get them to pay some of the Soldiers salaries.

But we are in a weak position to be demanding anything. SL needs to get development first. And I don't mean building a few roads. We need to start from the bottom, starting of with the nomads.

[Siciid85]

Will SL leadership have the spine to go ahead with the base or will they pout like a child and give in to Stinking Habashis? We will see

[Khalid Ali]

there wont be any military base in berbera

[Realist1]

The United Arab Emirates is seeking a formal permission from the government of the breakaway northern Somalia republic of Somaliland to establish a military base in the region, reflecting its growing ambition to assert itself in the horn of Africa region.

Having failed to win over Turkey, a long time strategic rival in Somalia, the UAE government had long sought an alternative base, picking Somaliland as its key base. UAE had also signed a 30-year contract with Somaliland to manage its largest port, Berbera.

Berbera’s management by UAE is also parts of retaliatory measures against Djibouti which annulled the Dubai-based ports operator DP World’s terminal contract followed by arbitration proceedings by the Djiboutian government over alleged corruption by the company.

“It’s true that the UAE has submitted a formal request seeking for a permission to open a military base in Somaliland.” said Sa’ad Ali Shire, Somaliland’s foreign minister told reporters in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital Wednesday.

The move would likely enrage Ethiopia, a major ally for Somaliland which is the only country that opened an embassy in Somaliland. Other countries that have relations with Somaliland have merely maintained consulate missions in the enclave.

Ethiopia also assists Somaliland in maintaining security in Somaliland, a region often considering an oasis of peace in the volatile region.

“We don’t want to lose relations with both our partners Ethiopia and UAE, thus this is a worrying development and the issue of granting permission for the military base will be decided by both the president and the parliament.” He said.

Meanwhile, economists warned that Somaliland’s close relations with UAE would hurt its relations with neighboring countries including Ethiopia and Djibouti that maintained warm relations with the breakaway republic before it moved to establish economic relations with the United Arab Emirates.

According to officials, Djibouti’s government has repeatedly warned Somaliland leaders over their decisions to embrace UAE as a closer ally, by allowing UAE to maximize its strategic interests in the untapped horn of Africa market.

I think this is very good intiative from the somaliland for verifiable reasons. Not only will this bring investment, jobs, but also for security reasons. As somaliland is not recognised and hasn't got access to funds or loans accept aid they can never maximise the potential of that tinny land. However, with the help of the filthy rich arabs at least they can modernise their military equipments and Ånd their military/police etc can get better training. On As part of the agreement; the arabs agreed to build modern infrastructures in somaliland (especially motorways/roads/hospitals and government buildings). Just for those reasons I think Somalilanderd are the winners at the end. Remember you have to give some in order to win in the world of politics.


Many people might disagree but somaliland is in danger from muqdishu, majertenia and ethopia. Ethopia has armed the Ogadens and called them liyu police? Do honestly think they armed them because they like Ogaden? I don't think so, liyu police is created by the eithopians to fight Somaliland and just for that reason I think somaliland shouldn't take them slightly. In this mean world I think it's important for goverments to spot an upcoming danger. Again for their own security I think somaliland did an excellent job by welcoming the joint uAe and the saudi military base.

Salaam
realist1