The European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM Somalia) is now prioritising ways to provide Somalia's soldiers with basic supplies and equipment, the mission's commander told reporters in Brussels on 1 July.
"We are now exploring the possibility to boost concrete support to the Somali army via the EU's train-and-equip initiative," said Italy's Brigadier General Antonio Maggi.
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