The Republic of Somaliland released a video on social media, featuring its foreign minister, with the caption 'The Republic of Somaliland has officially opened its first ever embassy in Jerusalem.' The move follows Monday's formal inauguration, the first diplomatic mission for the breakaway East African state anywhere in the world.
The Republic of Somaliland published a lighthearted social media video featuring its foreign minister on Tuesday morning, captioned: "The Republic of Somaliland has officially opened its first ever embassy in Jerusalem." The clip follows Monday evening's formal inauguration of the embassy, which is Somaliland's first diplomatic mission anywhere in the world.
As The Zioneer reported, the embassy was inaugurated Monday at 17:41 Jerusalem, with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. By the first reports, an official Israeli source confirmed the event; later reports added that Sa'ar called the embassy the eighth operating from Jerusalem and hinted at "more good news soon." A further report noted President Irro said he brought "the blessings of six million Muslims" from Somaliland. The sequence moved from a single official source to on-site reporting with quotes from both leaders.
The opening deepens ties between Israel and the breakaway East African republic, which has sought international recognition for decades. The two states do not maintain full formal diplomatic recognition, but the embassy opening and the video are the latest in a series of steps cementing bilateral relations, as The Zioneer reported in a background article on Sunday.
No official reactions from either government regarding the video have been reported, and no further details on its distribution or any response from the wider international community are available.
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