{"id":495918,"date":"2025-12-29T06:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/china-opposes-israeli-recognition-of-somaliland\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T06:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:48:30","slug":"china-opposes-israeli-recognition-of-somaliland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/china-opposes-israeli-recognition-of-somaliland\/","title":{"rendered":"China opposes Israeli recognition of Somaliland"},"content":{"rendered":"The Chinese government expressed its &#8220;serious concern&#8221; and &#8220;firm opposition&#8221; on Monday to Israel&#8217;s recognition of the separatist Somali region of Somaliland as an independent state, while reaffirming its support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayor_of_Mogadishu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mogadishu Executive.<\/a>\n\nIn a press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated today that, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, Somaliland is an &#8220;inseparable part&#8221; of Somalia&#8217;s territory.\n\n&#8220;China firmly supports Somalia&#8217;s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, and opposes any act that seeks to divide its territory,&#8221; the spokesperson asserted.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can also read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/putin-hablara-con-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kremlin says Putin will speak with Trump by phone soon<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\nIn Lin&#8217;s words, the Somaliland issue is an &#8220;internal affair&#8221; of Somalia and &#8220;must be resolved by the Somali people in a manner consistent with their national conditions and their Constitution.&#8221;\n\n&#8220;External countries must end undue interference, and no country should, for selfish interests, instigate and support internal secessionist forces of other countries,&#8221; the Chinese official said.\n\n&#8220;We urge the authorities of Somaliland to recognize the situation, immediately cease secessionist activities, and end collusion with external forces,&#8221; he added.\n\nThese statements came after Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognize the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a move that drew strong criticism from Somalia and the entire Arab world.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese government expressed its &#8220;serious concern&#8221; and &#8220;firm opposition&#8221; on Monday to Israel&#8217;s recognition of the separatist Somali region of Somaliland as an independent state, while reaffirming its support for the Mogadishu Executive. In a press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated today that, in accordance with the principles of the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-250G","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}