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Djibouti: Turkish First Mideast Military Base in Qatar, Djibouti and Somalia Soon
DJIBOUTI (HAN) December 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The regional statecraft Institute of SIRAD reviews research that has provided insights about the impact of Turkish military involvement in the region. Turkey diversifies allies with first Mideast military base in Qatar; is it possible also in Djibouti and in Mogadishu, Somalia, Soon? The military agreement signed by Turkey and Qatar in December, whose details became public this year, has symbolic and material implications for security in the Arabian Gulf Region, as well as Somalia and particular in the Horn of African maritime security.
The news opinion by Menekse Tokyay – Special to Al Arabiya News, Istanbul Saturday, 19 December 2015. In view of rising regional threats, Turkey seems to be diversifying its potential allies, especially on the military and energy fronts. According to a decision announced Wednesday by Turkey’s ambassador to Qatar, Ankara will have its first Middle East military base in Qatar, with 3,000 troops to be stationed in the country.
The base will be supported by air and naval units, special forces and military trainers. Joint training exercises will be held at the base, and Qatar will be able to set up its own base in Turkey. Qatar is home to the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East, where about 10,000 military personnel are placed. Currently, 100 Turkish troops are providing the Qatari army with military training. This move is in line with a bilateral defense agreement – signed in 2014 and ratified by the Turkish parliament in June – with the aim of confronting “common enemies.” The base and deepening bilateral partnership have strategic importance, particularly at such a critical time of rising instability and terrorism threats in the region.
Policy alignment
The regional policies of the two countries coincide with their support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, while they also support efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. They oppose Iran’s growing regional influence, and Russia’s intervention in Syria. Turkey and Qatar are members of the recently-announced, Saudi-led Muslim military coalition against terrorism. Aykan Erdemir, non-resident senior fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Turkish-Qatari partnership is asymmetric, and based more on ideological affinity than realpolitik.
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