Saudi Arabia, Arab and Muslim countries condemn appointment of Israeli envoy to Somaliland

(Patria) - Saudi Arabia and several Arab and Muslim countries condemned on Saturday Israel's announcement of sending a diplomatic representative "to so-called Somaliland," Al Arabiya reported.

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Palestine, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Kuwait said that Israel's appointment of an envoy to Somaliland is a "flagrant violation of the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Somalia."

They also affirmed their unequivocal rejection of all unilateral measures that undermine the unity of states or infringe upon their sovereignty.

They added that such actions "represent a clear violation of the principles of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and set a dangerous precedent that risks undermining stability in the Horn of Africa."