Somali officials and the African Union on Saturday blasted Israel for recognizing Somaliland as an independent state and allegedly undermining Somalia’s sovereignty.
“The federal government of Somalia warns that illegitimate actions of this nature seriously undermine regional peace and stability, exacerbate political and security tensions in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the Middle East and the wider region,” Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s office posted on social platform X, alongside a video statement.
Barre’s office called the recognition a “deliberate attack” on Somalia’s autonomy.
“Somalia makes it clear that it will not permit the establishment of any foreign military bases or arrangements on its territory that will throw Somalia into proxy conflicts or import regional and international hostilities into this region,” an official said in the video.
African Union Commission Chair also rejected Israel’s recognition of Somaliland “with deep concern” and cited the Constitutive Act of the African Union in calling for Somali unity.
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