page_title: Pakistan–Somalia relations
section_title: Defence cooperation
hierarchical_section_title: Pakistan–Somalia relations / Defence cooperation
caption_attribution_description: English: Pakistan armed convoy in Mogadishu, UNOSOM.
context_page_description: Pakistan–Somalia relations are the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Somalia. Both Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members, the two countries have historically maintained strong relations. Somalia also has an embassy in Islamabad.
context_section_description: During the Somali civil war in the 1990s, up to 5,700 Pakistani troops were deployed for UN peacekeeping. On 5 June 1993, a Pakistani task force was attacked while, as part of the expanded UN mandate, it was investigating an arms cache belonging to a Somali warlord vying for the Presidency, Mohamed Farrah Aidid; the attack, believed to have been launched by pro-Aidad militia, inflicted 24 casualties and led to Resolution 837, reaffirming the UN's commitment to peacekeeping and action against the rebels involved. Pakistan also became a member of the United Nations Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia.
caption: A Pakistani armed convoy in Mogadishu, during the UNOSOM II peacekeeping operations.
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