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Turkey signs oil and natural gas cooperation deal with Somalia
3:46 CAT | 07 Mar 2024
Image: @SomaliainTurkey/X
Turkey signed an oil and natural gas cooperation deal with Somalia on Thursday, the Turkish Energy Ministry said, further strengthening bilateral ties after agreeing a defence deal last month.
The energy ministry said the energy deal includes exploration, evaluation, development and production of oil in Somalia’s land and sea blocks.
“With this agreement, we will carry out joint activities to bring the resources of Somalia to the Somali people. We aim to strengthen Turkey’s presence in the Horn of Africa with new collaborations in the field of energy,” Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The deal includes transportation, distribution, refining, sales and services operations of oil and other products from land and sea projects.
In February, Turkey signed a defence and economic cooperation agreement with Somalia and will provide maritime security support to help the African country defend its territorial waters.
Today🇸🇴&🇹🇷signed intergovernmental agreement on hydrocarbons.This is an exciting moment for both countries,we appreciate🇹🇷’s support in accelerating the development of hydrocarbons in🇸🇴. Thanks to HE Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar for hosting me in Istanbul during the signing of the IGA pic.twitter.com/XYYti8AHzP
— Abdirizak Mohamed MP (@AbdirizakOm) March 7, 2024
Somali Petrol ve Maden Kaynakları Bakanı Sayın Abdirizak Omar Mohamed ile Somali’nin kara ve açık deniz bloklarında petrol ve doğal gaz alanında iş birliğimizi geliştirmek üzere bir hükümetlerarası anlaşma ve mutabakat zaptı imzaladık.
Bu anlaşma ile Somali’nin sahip olduğu… pic.twitter.com/FpZMQ5O8im
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) March 7, 2024
HE @AbdirizakOm the Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources of 🇸🇴had bilateral discussions on oil & gas cooperation with HE Alparslan Bayraktar the Minister of Energy & Natural Resources of 🇹🇷 both parties agreed to work together on developing the oil & gas sector of Somalia 🇸🇴 pic.twitter.com/3JukwUKh89
— Somali Embassy in Türkiye🇸🇴 (@SomaliainTurkey) March 5, 2024
Source: Reuters
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