Somaliland slams Somalia’s opposition to Israeli military presence

Somaliland has criticized the comments by Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud regarding Israel’s program to found a subject portion successful the Horn of Africa.

In an interrogation with Al Jazeera, Mohamud declared that his state volition “never judge the beingness of Israel successful Somalia nether immoderate circumstances.”

The President said Israel plans a naval basal successful Somaliland’s Berbera larboard adjacent the Bab el-Mandeb strait, depicting the determination arsenic portion of the “Greater Israel” project.

In its response, Somaliland maintained that Somalia has nary authorization to find its overseas relations arsenic some are “separate sovereign states with antithetic governance realities.”

The Foreign Ministry said Somaliland’s diplomatic ties with Israel bespeak the 2 sides’ determination to beforehand affable cooperation, development, and determination stability.

Hargeisa called the assertion that Berbera would service arsenic a level for aggression against different nations “unfounded” and antithetical to Somaliland’s dedication to peaceful relations.