{"id":458721,"date":"2026-05-25T06:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/458721\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:38:19","slug":"18-countries-condemn-somaliland-move-to-open-embassy-in-occupied-jerusalem-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/458721\/","title":{"rendered":"18 countries condemn Somaliland move to open \u2018embassy\u2019 in occupied Jerusalem \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The foreign ministers of Turkiye and 17 other countries strongly condemned the \u201cillegal and unacceptable\u201d move by the breakaway Somaliland region to open a so-called embassy in occupied Jerusalem,\u00a0Anadolu\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>A joint statement was issued by the foreign ministers of Turkiye, Algeria, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministers condemn in the strongest terms the illegal and unacceptable step taken by the so-called \u2018Somaliland\u2019 region in opening a purported \u2018embassy\u2019 in occupied Jerusalem,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It said the move constituted a \u201cflagrant violation\u201d of international law and relevant international resolutions, and represented a direct infringement on the legal and historical status of occupied Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260226-israel-approves-first-somaliland-ambassador-and-expands-cooperation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel approves first Somaliland ambassador and expands cooperation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ministers also reaffirmed their \u201ccategorical rejection\u201d of any unilateral measures aimed at entrenching an illegal reality in occupied Jerusalem or granting legitimacy to entities or arrangements that violate international law and relevant UN resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reiterated that East Jerusalem has been occupied Palestinian territory since 1967, stressing that any measures intended to alter its legal and historical status are \u201cnull and void and without legal effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ministers emphasized their full support for the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia, while rejecting any unilateral measures that undermine Somali territorial unity or infringe upon the country\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260217-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-benefits-no-one-turkish-president\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland benefits no one: Turkish president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The foreign ministers of Turkiye and 17 other countries strongly condemned the \u201cillegal and unacceptable\u201d move by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-458721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}