{"id":454350,"date":"2026-01-06T17:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=454350"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:57:45","slug":"minister-of-foreign-affairs-addresses-au-psc-on-threats-to-somalias-territorial-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/minister-of-foreign-affairs-addresses-au-psc-on-threats-to-somalias-territorial-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Foreign Affairs Addresses AU PSC on Threats to Somalia\u2019s Territorial Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu, (SONNA) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, participated on Tuesday in an emergency virtual session of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), convened to discuss developments affecting Somalia\u2019s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n

The session, chaired by Democratic Republic of Congo Foreign Minister Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Wagner in her capacity as AU PSC chair, was called at Somalia\u2019s request under Article 7(o) of the Council\u2019s mandate, which allows it to consider situations where a member state\u2019s national independence or sovereignty is threatened.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Council, Minister Abdisalam said Somalia rejects what he described as unilateral actions by Israel aimed at recognizing Somalia\u2019s northern region as a separate state, arguing that such moves contravene Somalia\u2019s Provisional Constitution, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that Somalia is a single, indivisible sovereign state and that the Somaliland region remains an integral part of the Federal Republic of Somalia. He added that no external actor has the legal authority to alter the territorial configuration of an African Union member state.<\/p>\n

The foreign minister warned that actions undermining Somalia\u2019s territorial integrity could pose risks to peace and security in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, potentially affecting regional stability, counterterrorism efforts and maritime security.<\/p>\n

Abdi Ali called on AU member states to reaffirm Somalia\u2019s sovereignty and unity, reject external interference, and uphold the principles of African unity and international legality. He also highlighted the African Union\u2019s long-standing support for Somalia\u2019s peace and state-building efforts, noting recent political and institutional developments, including Somalia\u2019s assumption of the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month.
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Mogadishu, (SONNA) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, participated on Tuesday in an emergency virtual session of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), convened to discuss developments affecting Somalia\u2019s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The session, chaired by Democratic Republic of Congo Foreign Minister Th\u00e9r\u00e8se […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":454351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-454350","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\/454350","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454354,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454350\/revisions\/454354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}