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During the Cabinet session held on Dec. 30, chaired by King Salman, Saudi Arabia reiterated “the Kingdom’s support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and safety of Somalia.” It expressed its rejection of “the declaration of mutual recognition between the Israeli occupation authorities and the so-called Somaliland region,” considering that this “legitimizes unilateral separatist measures that violate international law.”
Riyadh’s crystal-clear position considers that Israeli recognition, which results in a secession movement being supported by an external party, constitutes a precedent that the Kingdom does not accept becoming entrenched because international law is the arbiter and actions outside its framework are unacceptable.
International parameters according to the procedures recognized by the UN are what grant legitimacy, not the desires of states that are fundamentally persistent in violating international law, such as Israel, which acts as though it possesses an exception that authorizes it to become the master of the Middle East, drawing maps and determining what is permitted and what is prohibited. This is rogue behavior that the Kingdom views as a direct threat to stability, leading to more wars and the depletion of states’ economic resources in futile conflicts.
