Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, other Muslim countries condemn opening of Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem
RIYADH: The foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, strongly condemned on Sunday the opening of a “purported” Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem.
Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, is opening the embassy in Jerusalem after Israel became the first, and so far only, UN member state to formally recognize the self-declared republic in December 2025.
The foreign ministers of the Kingdom, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, Mauritania, Kuwait, Algeria, Bangladesh, and Morocco said the “illegal and unacceptable step taken by the so-called Somaliland region in opening its purported embassy in occupied Jerusalem” is a flagrant violation of international law and a direct infringement upon the legal and historical status of occupied Jerusalem.
They affirmed their complete rejection of any unilateral measures aimed at entrenching an illegal reality in occupied Jerusalem or granting legitimacy to any entities or arrangements that violate international law and relevant UN resolutions.
