00:00Israel's foreign minister was in Somaliland on Tuesday and said his country would soon
00:05be opening an embassy in the breakaway Somali territory.
00:10Israel faced an international backlash last month when it became the first nation to recognize
00:15Somaliland as an independent state.
00:21Unlike Palestine, Somaliland is not a virtual state, it's a functioning state.
00:30Somaliland is a fully functioning country based on the principles of international law.
00:37Somaliland is and has been a stable democracy for nearly 35 years.
00:45It has democratic elections, most recently in November 2024, and peaceful transitions
00:52of power.
00:54It's pro-Western and friendly to Israel.
00:58Mr. President, Israel is truly honored to be the first UN member state to recognize the
01:06Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state.
01:11This is the moral thing to do, and this is what we did.
01:17The foreign minister met with Somaliland President Abdi Rahman Mohamed Abdullahi and other officials
01:24at the presidential palace.
01:26We are committed to building a strategic relationship with Israel that is mutually beneficial and grounded
01:34in cooperation across political, security, economic, and development domains.
01:43We see this partnership not as a symbolic, but as practical, institutional, and risk-oriented.
01:51Somaliland declared independence in 1991, but has never before been recognized.
01:57Somalia condemned the visit as an unacceptable interference in its internal affairs.
02:02Somaliland Re classify as an internationalize connecting people with Israel that we do or not send
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