A delegation of Turkish naval and government officials met their Namibian counterparts at Walvis Bay on Tuesday in preparation for the visit, and also to acquaint themselves with core functions in the harbour town.
Courtesy calls were also made to the Walvis Bay Mayor, Uilika Nambahu and the Erongo Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua.
The visit, according to the Second Secretary for the Turkish Embassy in Namibia, Serdar Piri, is part of the activation of the 2014 Naval Task Group that will for the first time circumvent the African continent.
It will also involve “three prominent” Turkish warships, which the public will be able to see and possibly board while they are alongside. An official announcement is expected in this regard closer to the time.
“We wish to strengthen our long standing cooperation with Namibia. We’ve been assisting the country in their liberation struggle from the 1960’s and established our embassy here in 2012.
This will be the first naval visit and we wish to open new channels in our relations, especially with regards to the military,” said Piri.
According to him, there is a memorandum of understanding in the pipeline for military cooperation between the two countries.
The activation of the task group will take place during mid March and will be for 103 days.
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