Somalia: the IOC Commander visits the Italian contingent

(To Greater Defense)
11/02/20

Today, at the headquarters of the EUTM Somalia Mission, the visit of the general of the army corps Luciano Portolano, commander of the Interforze Summit Operational Command (COI).

The senior officer, accompanied by the COI operations department head, Brigadier General Luigi Del Bene, was welcomed by the commander of the EUTM Somalia Mission, Brigadier General Antonello De Sio.

The commander of the IOC received an information update on the Mission in Somalia from the mission commander, and then visited the headquarters of the Mission Command in Somalia, where he met the staff of the Italian contingent employed in the EUTM Somalia Mission.

Subsequently, accompanied by the special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Horn of Africa, Luciano Pezzotti, the Ambassador of Italy in Somalia, Alberto Vecchi and the Brigadier General Antonello De Sio, he met the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Ali Khayre.

In his final speech, General Portolano wished to express his applause to the men and women of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Carabinieri engaged in Somalia.

Army corps general Luciano Portolano, since September 2, 2019 has been leading the Interforze Summit Operational Command, a body directly reporting to the Chief of Defense Staff, which exercises the planning, coordination and direction of all military operations of the Italian Armed Forces.