{"id":424138,"date":"2024-02-05T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=424138"},"modified":"2024-02-05T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:10:18","slug":"somalia-highlights-concerns-over-regional-stability-at-eu-indo-pacific-ministerial-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-highlights-concerns-over-regional-stability-at-eu-indo-pacific-ministerial-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMALIA HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS OVER REGIONAL STABILITY AT EU INDO-PACIFIC MINISTERIAL FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels (MFASomalia) \u2013 The Acting Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar, attended on Friday (February 2) the 3rd EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum held in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks at the forum, the Acting Foreign Minister stressed Somalia\u2019s firm commitment to addressing global issues in partnership with EU Indo-Pacific countries. He emphasized Somalia\u2019s proactive efforts to enhance climate, environmental, political, economic, and societal resilience while promoting security and stability in accordance with international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Foreign Minister Ali Omar emphasized the need for Ethiopia to respect international law and uphold Somalia\u2019s territorial integrity and sovereignty, urging Addis Ababa to play a constructive role in addressing regional challenges rather than fueling new tensions in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12943\" src=\"https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM-300x225.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.mfa.gov.so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-04-at-4.18.07-PM.jpeg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"604\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the forum, the Acting Foreign Minister engaged in bilateral discussions with the heads of delegations from Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, and Tanzania, articulating Somalia\u2019s concerns regarding Ethiopia\u2019s actions that infringe upon Somalia\u2019s sovereignty and international norms.<\/p>\n<p>During the forum, Acting Foreign Minister Ali Omar conducted sideline meetings aimed at enhancing bilateral relations and fostering cooperation with senior government officials, including H.E. Ms. Lumini\u021ba Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, H.E. Ms. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, and H.E. Mr. Giorgos Gerapetritis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels (MFASomalia) \u2013 The Acting Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar, attended on Friday (February 2) the 3rd EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum held in Brussels, Belgium. In his remarks at the forum, the Acting Foreign Minister stressed Somalia\u2019s firm commitment to addressing global issues in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":424139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-424138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424140,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424138\/revisions\/424140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}