NAIROBI/JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar is on a visit to Somaliland in East Africa, where he is due to meet the semi-autonomous region’s president later on Tuesday, according to a senior Somaliland official.A second source briefed on the visit confirmed the foreign minister was in Somaliland, without providing further details.

In a controversial move, Israel became the first nation to acknowledge Somaliland as an independent state.

NAIROBI/JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar is on a visit to Somaliland in East Africa, where he is due to meet the semi-autonomous region’s president later on…