Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after contentious recognition of breakaway territory

Israel’s foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday, the first visit by an Israeli senior official since that country formally recognized the breakaway Somali territory as a sovereign state.Somaliland’s Ministry of Information said in a post on X that Gideon Saar and his delegation were received by senior members of the Somaliland Cabinet when they landed at the airport in Hargeisa, the Somaliland capital.The ministry described the visit as a milestone in bilateral relations.Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 during a descent into conflict that continues to leave the east African country fragile. Despite having its own government and...