Somalia expects positive results by the end of the year from offshore oil and gas drilling operations with Türkiye, according to a senior official.
Mogadishu is also looking to deepen cooperation with Ankara in the mining sector, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Dahir Shire Mohamed said.
Türkiye's deep-sea drilling vessel Çağrı Bey arrived off the coast of Mogadishu last month to launch the country's first overseas deep-sea oil exploration project.
The start of the drilling operation came after Türkiye completed seismic surveys off the Somali coast, which Mohamed says has moved the two countries into a new phase of their energy partnership.
"The cooperation between Somalia and Türkiye on hydrocarbons is now entering the second phase, where we are doing the drilling," the minister told Anadolu Agency (AA).
