Somalia has the support of the United Nations (UN) to win the war against al-Shabaab.
Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, has been fighting to topple the internationally recogned Somali government for more than 15 years.
The group currently controls dozens of villages and towns in the south and central Somalia. Al-Shabaab also carries deadly attacks including explosions and suicide bombings in major towns.
Somali Prime Minister Hamze Abdi Bare on Wednesday held talks with the head of UNSOS in Somalia, Ambassador Lisa Filipetto at his office in Mogadishu.
The Prime Minister and the Ambassador discussed the strengthening of the UN security partnership with Somalia.
The Somali government has recent years been campaigning for the lifting of decades-old United Nations (UN) arms embargo on the Horn of Africa nation.
Following talks with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Somalia has secured the support of Kampala and Addis Ababa calling for the removal of the arms embargo on Mogadishu.
The UN imposed the ban on weapons trade with Somalia in 1992 following the intensification of the country’s civil war and the resulting anarchy following the collapse of the central government in 1991.
