{"id":59856,"date":"2026-01-11T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=59856"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:02:28","slug":"sudan-reiterates-rejection-of-israels-recognition-of-somaliland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/sudan-reiterates-rejection-of-israels-recognition-of-somaliland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan Reiterates Rejection of Israel\u2019s Recognition of \u201cSomaliland\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan\u2019s Foreign Minister, Muhi al-Din Salim Ahmed, said that Israel\u2019s unilateral recognition of the so-called \u201cSomaliland\u201d region constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia, as well as of the charters of the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and undermines regional security and stability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salim is leading Sudan\u2019s delegation to the 22nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC member states, which convened on Saturday at the organization\u2019s headquarters in Jeddah to discuss recent developments related to Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During a closed session, Salim delivered Sudan\u2019s statement, reiterating the country\u2019s solidarity with and full support for Somalia\u2019s unity and sovereignty over its entire territory and internationally recognized borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He also pointed to the destabilizing role played by certain regional powers through their support for terrorist militias in several countries, including Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, stressing the need to halt such support and address it firmly through collective action within the OIC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regarding the Palestinian cause, Salim reaffirmed Sudan\u2019s steadfast position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. He urged member states and the OIC General Secretariat to continue confronting Israeli aggression and plans of annexation and displacement, and to activate existing mechanisms to implement relevant OIC resolutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan\u2019s Foreign Minister, Muhi al-Din Salim Ahmed, said that Israel\u2019s unilateral recognition of the so-called \u201cSomaliland\u201d region constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia, as well as of the charters of the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and undermines regional security and stability. Salim is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59858,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59856\/revisions\/59858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}