Pakistan has joined 20 other nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in rejecting Israel\u2018s recognition of self-declared Republic of Somaliland, with a joint statement saying that Tel Aviv\u2019s measure reflected its \u201cfull and blatant disregard for international law\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement also registered the countries\u2019 rejection of any \u201cpotential link between such measure and any attempts to forcibly expel the Palestinian people out of their land\u201d.<\/p>\n
The joint statement has been issued by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Iran, Iraq Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Turkiye, Yemen and the OIC.<\/p>\n
Israel became the first country to formally recognise Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday, with Somaliland\u2019s president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, saying his state will join the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n
Somaliland has enjoyed effective autonomy \u2014 and relative peace and stability \u2014 since 1991, when Somalia descended into civil war, but the breakaway region has failed to receive recognition from any other country.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s decision could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia\u2019s longstanding opposition to secession.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Office (FO) released the joint statement by 21 nations, including Pakistan, and the OIC on Sunday, underscoring their \u201cunequivocal rejection\u201d of Israel\u2019s recognition of the \u2018Somaliland\u2019 region of the Federal Republic of Somalia.<\/p>\n
The statement said that given the serious repercussions of such an unprecedented measure on peace and security in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea, and its serious effects on international peace and security as a whole, the move also \u201creflects Israel\u2019s full and blatant disregard for international law\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 21 nations and the OIC condemned the measure in the strongest terms, saying that it \u201cconstitutes a grave violation of the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter, which explicitly stipulates the imperative of protecting the sovereignty of states and their territorial integrity, and reflects Israel\u2019s expansionist\u201d policy.<\/p>\n
They underscored their full support of the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the unequivocal rejection of any measures that undermine the unity of Somalia, its territorial integrity or its sovereignty over its entire territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recognition of parts of states constitutes a serious precedent and threatens international peace and security, and violates the cardinal principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,\u201d their joint statement read.<\/p>\n
They registered their \u201cfull rejection of any potential link between such measure and any attempts to forcibly expel the Palestinian people out of their land, which is unequivocally rejected in any form as a matter of principle\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a separate statement on Saturday, the FO termed Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland an attempt to undermine Somalia\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan strongly condemns any attempts to undermine the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Somalia, and rejects, in this regard, the announcement made by Israel recognising the independence of the so-called Somaliland region of the Federal Republic of Somalia,\u201d the FO said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Islamabad called on the international community to step in to reject any such actions, and \u201cprevent and deter Israel from undermining the ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the broader region\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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