The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine affirms its absolute support for the unity, sovereignty, and political independence of Somalia, ensuring the brotherly Somali people’s right to a dignified life, security, and stability, in line with international law, Arab and international consensus resolutions, and the resolutions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. It expresses its rejection and condemnation of Israel’s recognition—by the illegitimate occupying power—of the Somaliland region, and its rejection of any steps that support separation or lend legitimacy to it, or that undermine Somalia’s sovereignty and unity and destabilize it.
The Ministry affirms that this rejected recognition is considered part of Israel’s attempts, as a colonial power working to undermine international peace and security, particularly regional and Arab security, which insists on threatening the region and keeping it in a state of instability, in clear violation of international law, the UN Charter, and the peremptory norms requiring respect for the unity and sovereignty of states and the integrity of their territories.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates recalls that Israel had previously used the name Somaliland as a destination for the deportation of members of our Palestinian people, especially from the Gaza Strip. Accordingly, the State of Palestine affirms its total rejection of Israeli plans for the forced deportation of our people, or under any other pretexts, and considers it a red line, while warning against anyone’s alignment with these rejected propositions.