Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar disclosed a second undisclosed meeting with Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi, revealing the secret October meeting that laid the groundwork for the recent diplomatic breakthrough. Sa'ar said he would always be proud to have written 'the first pages of the story' of ties between the two states.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar today revealed that his first undisclosed meeting with Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi took place in October 2025 — a secret encounter that laid the groundwork for the diplomatic normalization that followed. Speaking at what he called their second meeting in the same room, Sa'ar said: 'This is our second meeting in this room. We met here discreetly last October. I will always be proud of the privilege I had in writing the first pages of the story of the connection between us.' President Abdi praised Sa'ar's 'vision, commitment, and leadership' as a central factor in building the strategic relationship.
The revelation comes just a day after Somaliland opened its first-ever global embassy in Jerusalem, a landmark step reported by The Zioneer. The breakaway East African state's president is currently visiting Israel, and the two leaders' joint appearance suggests deepening ties even as the agreement's exact terms — including the reported Israeli recognition of Somaliland's sovereignty — remain under discussion.
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