Somaliland President Visits Israel Following Its Recognition of the Region

The president of Somaliland arrived in Israel for his first official visit after the country recognized the breakaway Somali region. Israel extended formal recognition to Somaliland, a self-declared independent territory in northern Somalia that has operated separately from the federal government in Mogadishu since 1991.

The visit follows directly from that recognition decision, according to reporting by @business.

Somaliland maintains its own government, currency, and security forces, though it lacks widespread international recognition. The timing of the trip places the two sides in direct contact for the first time at the presidential level since the recognition announcement.