Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Monday called for an emergency session of the African Union Peace and Security Council to reject Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland.
Speaking during a virtual ministerial meeting of the council, Abdelatty described the Israeli move as “a flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter, and the Constitutive Act of the African Union.”
He warned that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland undermines the foundations of regional and international peace and security, particularly in the Horn of Africa region.
Abdelatty called for convening an emergency meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council to address the development and reaffirm Somalia’s unity and territorial integrity, as well as rejecting unilateral actions that threaten regional and international peace and security.
