Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said at the opening of the Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem on Monday that it is the eighth embassy operating from the city, and added 'expect more good news soon.'
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said at the formal opening of the Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem on Monday evening that the mission is the eighth to operate from the city, and hinted that more are on the way. 'Expect more good news soon,' he told the ceremony, without naming specific candidates. The event capped a day of diplomatic activity: earlier Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, as The Zioneer reported at 16:15 Jerusalem. The president arrived Sunday for his first official visit to Israel and laid a wreath at Herzl's grave.
The embassy opening was first reported by The Zioneer at 17:41 Jerusalem, initially noting the eighth mission status. By 17:58 the same day, a subsequent bulletin added that Sa'ar had attended the ceremony and that the embassy joins seven others: the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Fiji. The current version adds Sa'ar's explicit hint of further openings, moving the thread from a simple report of an event to a signal of broader diplomatic momentum.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday June 10, Sa'ar informed Papua New Guinea's prime minister of Israel's plan to open a representative office there, thanking that country for its 2023 decision to base its embassy in Jerusalem — part of a sustained push to broaden the circle of nations represented in the city. The Zioneer also noted Sunday that the Somaliland president's visit included the opening of his country's first-ever global embassy, a milestone for the breakaway republic that seeks international recognition.
It remains unstated which countries might follow. Sa'ar offered no timeline or names, and no official confirmation has been received from any prospective capital.
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