{"id":431,"date":"2026-01-07T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:11:29","slug":"somalia-slams-israeli-foreign-ministers-visit-to-somaliland-calls-it-unauthorized-incursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/somalia-slams-israeli-foreign-ministers-visit-to-somaliland-calls-it-unauthorized-incursion\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia slams Israeli foreign minister\u2019s visit to\u00a0Somaliland, calls it \u2018unauthorized incursion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gideon Saar\u2019s Somaliland visit represents \u2018unacceptable interference\u2019 in internal affairs of a sovereign UN member, says Somali\u00a0Foreign Ministry <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

By Mevlut Ozkan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISTANBUL (AA) – Somali on Tuesday condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar\u2019s \u201cunauthorized incursion\u201d into Somaliland, calling on Tel Aviv to \u201cimmediately cease\u201d all actions undermining Somali\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saar\u2019s visit represents an “unacceptable interference” in the internal affairs of a sovereign UN member, a Foreign Ministry statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somali said such actions violate the UN Charter, the African Union Constitutive Act, and established norms of international relations, including sovereign equality, territorial integrity, and non-interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said Somaliland is an \u201cintegral and inseparable part\u201d of Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mogadishu said any official presence, contact, or engagement on its territory without the federal government\u2019s explicit consent is illegal, null, and carries no legal effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry urged the UN, African Union, League of Arab States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and other international partners to reaffirm their support for Somalia\u2019s sovereignty and internationally recognised borders \u201cin clear and unequivocal terms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomalia reserves the right to take all appropriate diplomatic and legal measures, in accordance with international law, to safeguard its sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar arrived in Somali’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Tuesday, almost two weeks after Tel Aviv recognised the region amid international outrage, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Dec. 26, Israel announced its official recognition of Somaliland as an independent, sovereign state, making Tel Aviv the only country in the world to recognise the breakaway region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli move sparked widespread regional rejection, particularly from the Arab countries, which described it as illegal and a threat to international peace and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somalia also reaffirmed its firm and non-negotiable commitment to its sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity, rejecting the Israeli move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somaliland, which has lacked official recognition since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, operates as a de facto independent administrative, political, and security entity, with the central government unable to assert control over the region, and its leadership unable to secure international recognition of independence. – Anadulo Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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