Somalia: Unmanned Air Vehicles
(asked on 17th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Turkey on (i) the operation of drones in Somalia and (ii) the potential impact of those operations on civilians.
This question was answered on 23rd January 2023
The Secretary of State has not discussed the operation of drones in Somalia with his US or Turkish counterparts.
The UK advocates at all levels of the Somali Government that military planning for security operations against Al-Shabaab should minimise humanitarian impacts and that all security actors should respect International Humanitarian Law, which includes the protection of civilians.