The United Arab Emirates no longer plans to establish a military airport in Somaliland and the facility currently being built will be turned into a civilian airport, the region’s president said.
Somaliland said last year that the UAE would train military in the semi-autonomous region, part of a deal to host a UAE base in the region.
“The Berbera airport which was being built by the UAE and designed to be a military base will become a public airport for civilians,” Muse Bihi Abdi said on Saturday.