It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a senior representative of the White House.

"President Biden has approved the Secretary of Defense's request to deploy US forces in East Africa to re-establish a small permanent US military presence in Somalia," he said in a telephone briefing.

It is specified that no more than 500 special forces will go to Somalia, they will be transferred from other points in the region.

On May 16, it was reported that the Somali Parliament elected former President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud as the new head of the republic.