Somali FM denies sending troops to Libya

Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad denied on Wednesday, that his country was sending troops to Libya.

“Our government has not and will not send its forces to fight in Libya,” Issa Awad said, adding that the Somali armed forces are not mercenary and Somalia does not have mercenaries.

The Somali minister also denied the validity of the allegations circulating regarding the existence of negotiations between his country and Turkey to send joint forces to Libya.