Somalia on Tuesday strongly condemned what it described as an “unauthorized incursion” by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar into Somaliland, warning that the move undermines Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and calling on Israel to immediately halt such actions.
Saar’s visit represents an "unacceptable interference" in the internal affairs of a sovereign U.N. member, a Foreign Ministry statement said.
Somalia said such actions violate the U.N. Charter, the African Union Constitutive Act, and established norms of international relations, including sovereign equality, territorial integrity, and non-interference.
It said Somaliland is an "integral and inseparable part” of Somalia.
Mogadishu said any official presence, contact, or engagement on its territory without the federal government’s explicit consent is illegal, null, and carries no legal effect.
