Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar signed a mutual declaration with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi to establish full diplomatic relations.
- The agreement includes plans to open embassies and appoint ambassadors, with rapid cooperation pledged in agriculture, health, technology and the economy, and an invitation for Abdullahi to visit Israel.
- Somaliland’s president welcomed the step and said the territory intends to join the Abraham Accords.
- Somalia, Egypt, Turkey, Djibouti, the African Union and others condemned the move, and the European Union and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation voiced support for Somalia’s unity.
- The U.S. State Department restated support for Somalia’s territorial integrity as analysts linked Israel’s decision to Red Sea security interests near Berbera and Yemen.