Turkiye’s Erdogan calls Israel’s Somaliland recognition ‘unacceptable’

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Israel of violating international law and of ‘illegal aggression’.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, calling the move “illegitimate and unacceptable”.

At a joint news conference with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Ankara on Tuesday, Erdogan warned that Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somalia could destabilise the Horn of Africa.

Turkiye’s Erdogan calls Israel’s Somaliland recognition ‘unacceptable’

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