Overview
- Somalia’s foreign ministry said Wang Yi’s planned visit to Mogadishu was postponed, with reasons and a new date to be provided later.
- Wang arrived in Dar es Salaam for a two-day working visit that Tanzania’s foreign ministry said will deepen bilateral and economic ties.
- The Mogadishu stop had been expected to highlight China’s support for Somalia’s territorial integrity following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland.
- Somalia’s ties with Washington have deteriorated after the U.S. said this week it would pause further assistance benefiting the government over a World Food Programme warehouse dispute.
- The tour marks the 36th consecutive year China’s top diplomat starts in Africa, and Wang and African Union chief Mahmoud Ali Youssouf issued a joint call to uphold an international law-based order.