STORY: AMISOM, Somali security forces and international

partners discuss drawdown and future operations

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DATELINE: 03/FEBRUARY/2020, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU

Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira arriving for
the Operation Coordination Committee technical meeting
2. Wide shot, participants taking part in the Operation Coordination Committee
technical meeting
3. Med shot, participants listening during the meeting
4. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner AIGP Augustine Magnus Kailie,
flanked by the AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Tigabu Yilma
Wondimhunegn listening during the meeting
5. Med shot, SRCC, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, flanked by the national
Security Advisor to the President of Somalia, Abdisaid Muse Ali and Maj. Gen.
Francis Okello, the Chief of the Plans and Operations Unit in the AU Peace
6. Support Operations Division (AUPSOD), listening during the meeting
7. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU COMMISSION (SRCC)
FOR SOMALIA
"A decision was taken that we look into three main things that impact our
operations. One of them is: what are the future operations of our mission?”

8. Med shot, Senior AMISOM military officers listening during the meeting
9. Med shot, Somali Deputy Police Commissioner, Brig. Zakia Hussein Ahmed
and senior SNA official interacting during the meeting
10. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ABDISAID MUSE ALI, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
TO THE PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA
“You do not want the sacrifices that have been made, to be fruitless.
Locations that were recovered seven years, ten years ago, you don’t want to
hand over to Al-Shabaab easily. But I think it will not get to that because of
our strong partnership. AMISOM and the Federal Government have made a
lot of progress in this area. And we have been working together in a very
smooth way.”
 11. Wide shot, participants at the meeting
12. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH MAJ. GEN. FRANCIS OKELLO, CHIEF OF THE PLANS
AND OPERATIONS UNIT IN THE AU PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS DIVISION
(AUPSOD)
“Some measures are being proposed by the TCCs to mitigate and ensure that
the gains achieved, are not lost. We, therefore, look forward to this meeting
to work out the modalities of implementing that decision by the (UN)
Security Council.”

13. Med shot, participants listening during the meeting

14. Med shot, senior AMISOM police officers listening during the meeting
15. Wide shot, participants listening during the meeting
16. Wide shot, participants leaving the venue after the meeting
17. Wide shot, participants posing for a group photo

AMISOM, Somali security forces and international partners discuss drawdown and
future operations
Mogadishu, 4 February 2020 – The African Union Mission n in Somalia (AMISOM)
army and police officers, army chiefs from AMISOM Troop Contributing Countries
(TCCs), and Somali security forces have met to discuss future operations and the
upcoming draw down of 1000 troops by the end of February 2020.

The military bosses on Monday met in Mogadishu, Somalia as a follow up to the

high-level Military Operations Coordination Committee (OCC) meeting in Kampala
last week.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission (SRCC) for

Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, said, "Following the MOCC, a decision was
taken that we get together a technical committee to sit and look into a number of
issues including the draw down and how that would impact our operations."

The National Security Advisor to the President of Somalia, Abdisaid Muse Ali, called
for discussions before handing over locations by AMISOM to the Somali security
forces. He explained that this would safeguard the gains made over the years to
liberated territories that were under the control of terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
"We do not want the sacrifices made to be fruitless," Abdisaid cautioned.

Maj. Gen. Francis Okello, the Chief of the Plans and Operations Unit in the AU Peace
Support Operations Division (AUPSOD), said the impending drawdown of 1000
troops by the end of February 2020 would in doubt affect the operations of AMISOM
troops on the ground.
ENDS