{"id":663635,"date":"2026-11-01T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663635\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T13:02:08","slug":"israeli-ambassador-presents-credentials-in-somaliland-as-embassy-plans-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663635\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Ambassador Presents Credentials In Somaliland As Embassy Plans Advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s ambassador to Somaliland, Michael Lotem, presented his credentials to President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi last week at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa, advancing diplomatic relations between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The ceremony was followed by the laying of a cornerstone for a future Israeli embassy in the Somaliland capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The two sides established mutual recognition on December 26, 2025. Since then, a series of diplomatic visits has accompanied efforts to build formal relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar visited Somaliland in January 2026. Somaliland subsequently opened an embassy in Jerusalem during its president\u2019s visit to Israel in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Sa\u2019ar said the appointment of ambassadors fulfilled an agreement reached at the time of mutual recognition and represented another significant step in strengthening bilateral ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">\u201cIsrael is determined to advance and solidify its relations with Somaliland,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Netanyahu shows regional alliance map with Somaliland &amp; Puntland put in Israel-UAE sphere\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_70099615697.jpg\"\/>Netanyahu shows regional alliance map with Somaliland &amp; Puntland put in Israel-UAE sphere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s ambassador to Somaliland, Michael Lotem, presented his credentials to President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi last week at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-663635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663635","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=663635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}