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Overview
- Israel issued a joint declaration of mutual recognition signed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, and Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi.
- Israeli leaders said collaboration will begin immediately in agriculture, health, technology, and the economy.
- President Abdullahi said Somaliland will join the Abraham Accords and framed the step as advancing regional peace.
- Somalia condemned the move as a deliberate attack on its sovereignty, and Egypt, Djibouti, and Turkey denounced it while reaffirming Somalia’s territorial integrity and warning of risks to peace and security.
- The decision underscores Somaliland’s strategic location near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, as Hargeisa signals hopes for broader recognition and the wider international response remains uncertain.