Cairo: Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmad Abul-Gheit on Tuesday condemned and denounced a visit by Israeli occupation's foreign minister to Somalia's Hargeisa City earlier in the day.
According to Kuwait News Agency, in a press statement, Abul-Gheit described the visit as a failed attempt to establish the Israeli occupation's recognition of a northwestern Somali area as an independent state. He reaffirmed the Arab bloc's complete opposition to any official or semi-official engagement with the area's authorities outside the framework of the Somali federal government's national sovereignty, labeling the Israeli occupation's actions as a blatant breach of Somalia's unity and sovereignty.
Abul-Gheit warned that this development could undermine regional peace and security and escalate political tensions in Somalia, as well as in the Red Sea region, the Gulf of Aden, and the Horn of Africa. The visit occurred just days after the Israeli occupation formally recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a move that has sparked widespread Arab and international condemnations.