The growing diplomatic and security relations between the United States and Puntland as a state with own sovereign powers reflected recent formal agreements covering security, defense, minerals, and energy.
The military delegation that arrived in Bosaso today represents the Africom Command and is part of the implementation of previously reached agreements.
The U.S. is constructing a large military base on the outskirts of Bosaso Airport,the land has already been allocated, and construction work has commenced.
The international community has shifted away from the policy of establishing a meaningful, unified Somali central government and has instead moved toward a policy of creating small, autonomous republics.
Somaliland , Puntland , and the South constitute the three republics being established, with the exception of Jubbaland , which is being treated differently from the rest of the South.
The security and defense agreement the U.S. signed with Puntland serves as a protective shield for the region against potential threats from foreign powers with interests in Somali,particularly Turkey.