Somalilandia goes on the offer from Somalia to Trump from Berbera Airbase and Port

The separatist region of Somalia in Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government of giving the exclusive control of the United States of a port and an air base in Berbera.

The city is in Aden’s strategic gulf, on the north coast of Somaliland. The territory, which declared independence in 1991 when Somalia descended to the civil war, says that the facilities are not from Mogadiscio to give away.

In a letter to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, seen by the Reuters news agency, the president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, also offered Puerto and Air Base within Somalia, saying that the four would strengthen the security operations of the United States.

The Foreign Minister of Somalilandia, Abdirahman Dahir Aden, dismissed the measure as “desperate.”

The signs given before Trump began his second term has given the Somaliders the hope that the United States can become the first country in the world to recognize the self -declared Republic, which has worked as a de facto state for almost 34 years.

“There is nothing they can do to stop the next recognition of Somaliland,” Adan published in X in response to the letter.

The recently expanded port of Somaliland in Berbera is directed by DP World of the United Arab Emirates (EAU), a key USed ally. UU.

“The United States is not stupid. They know who they should deal with when it comes to Berbera Port,” the minister told Reuters.

The United States has long played a fundamental role in helping Somalia fighting Islamist militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group by providing intelligence and air attacks.

Al-Shabab, which controls stripes of territory in the south and center of Somalia, is considered the most successful affiliate of Al Qaeda.

The observers say that Mogadiscio fears that Trump reduces the support of the United States, as he did during his first term.

In December, the Somali government signed a $ 600,000 agreement (£ 492,000) a year with a Washington lobbying firm to obtain advice on relations between the United States and Somalas.

The letter to Trump, which Reuters says that it is dated March 16, explains how the exclusive control of the air bases and the ports offered could help the United States counteract the influence of other international players in the horn of Africa, a probable reference to China and Russia.

“These strategically positioned assets provide the opportunity to strengthen US participation in the region … while preventing external competitors from establishing a presence in this critical corridor,” he said.

But the federal configuration of Somalia can also spit the offer of President Mohamud of the port of Bosaso, which is located in the northeast semi -autonomous region of Puntlandia.

The officials there still have to comment on the letter, but the online publication of Garowe of Somalia says that if the offer was made without consulting them. Relationships between Puntland and Mogadiscio can be even more tense.

The second aforementioned air base is in Baledook, northwest of the capital, where US soldiers already have a presence training the Somali forces to fight Al-Shabab.

It is not the first time that a port in Somaliland has been a source of dispute.

Last year, Türkiye intervened to end a dispute that threatened to intensify in a regional conflict after Ethiopia without a coast signed a maritime agreement with Somaliland to build a port there.

Somalia responded to the measure as an “act of aggression” in regard to Somaliland as part of its territory.