Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met the president of Somaliland on Tuesday, 10 days after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa as an independent and sovereign state.
After Israel announced it would recognize the secessionist region, the big question remains whether the United States will follow suit
Israel became the first country to officially recognize Somaliland as an independent nation in a historic diplomatic move tied to the Abraham Accords framework.
Two years of war have honed Israeli independence on the world stage.
A growing number of countries have rejected Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation and warned of “serious repercussions” in the Red Sea region.
No other countries currently recognize Somaliland, a breakaway region bordered by Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti that seceded from Somalia in 1991.
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Somaliland already operates as a de facto state. So why is Israel’s recognition of it so controversial?
Israel became the first nation in the world to recognize Somaliland as a country last week, prompting global outcry and an emergency meeting of the United Nations.
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