The EU Special Envoy and Ambassador to Somalia, Michele Cervone d’Urso and the Somali Minister of Internal Security Abdirisak Omar Mohamed, officials present at the hand over ceremony.
MICHELE CERVONE d’URSO, EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA said “This support is symbolic to the broader European Union commitment and engagement in support of the Police. We are with you and you can count on us.”

ABDIRISAK OMAR MOHAMED, SOMALI MINISTER OF INTERNAL SECURITY.
“These equipments that European Union is handing over to the ministry are needed because the Police cannot operate without them. The EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team cannot operate without them.”
RAISEDON ZENENGA, DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL (DSRSG) “So, this was very timely decision by EU to hand over this equipment. As the United Nations, UNMAS and all others involved, we are very grateful to the EU, we are very grateful to Canada, Italy, Japan, UK and we are very grateful to the Ministry of Internal Security and the Somali Police Force leadership for the cooperation that they extended to us in making this happen.”