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Foreign ministers from more than 20 Muslim-majority countries and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday rejected Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Somaliland region of Somalia.
The ministers, in a joint statement, said they “unequivocally” rejected Israel’s decision of December 26, 2025, to recognise Somaliland, noting “the serious repercussions of such an unprecedented measure on peace and security in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.”
The statement named the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, the Comoros, Djibouti, The Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, the Maldives, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Türkiye, and Yemen.
They said the recognition also reflected Israel’s “full and blatant disregard for international law” and condemned it as “a grave violation of the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,” which stipulates the need to protect “the sovereignty of states and their territorial integrity.”
The ministers reaffirmed their full support for Somalia’s sovereignty and rejected any measures that undermine “the unity of Somalia, its territorial integrity or its sovereignty over its entire territory.”
“The 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,” the statement said.
They also expressed “the full rejection of any potential link between such a measure and any attempts to forcibly expel the Palestinian people out of their land,” saying such actions were “unequivocally rejected in any form as a matter of principle.”
