RIYADH: More than twenty nations have reaffirmed Somalia’s sovereignty and denounced the recent visit of Israel’s foreign minister to Somaliland, a separatist region of Somalia, according to a joint statement issued early on Friday. The nations dismissed Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state, reaffirmed Somalia’s territorial integrity, and urged Israel to revoke its recognition of Somaliland immediately.

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

Somalia on Tuesday strongly condemned what it described as an “unauthorized incursion” by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar into Somaliland, warning...