Saudi Arabia, Arab and Muslim countries, condemn Israel appointment of envoy to Somaliland

Saudi Arabia and several Arab and Muslim countries condemned on Saturday Israel’s announcement of a diplomatic representative “to the so-called Somaliland.”

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Palestine, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan and Kuwait said Israel’s appointment of an envoy to Somaliland is “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Somalia.”

They also reaffirmed their unequivocal rejection of all unilateral measures that undermine the unity of states or infringe upon their sovereignty.”

They added that such actions “constitute a blatant violation of the principles of international law, the UN Charter, and the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and set a dangerous precedent that risks undermining stability in the Horn of Africa.”