On the afternoon of December 29, local time, early this morning Beijing time, the UN Security Council held an emergency public meeting on Somalia. Ambassador Sun Lei, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that Israel recently announced that it will officially recognize Somaliland as a so-called “independent sovereign country” and establish full diplomatic relations with Somaliland. This has further exacerbated the tense situation in the Horn of Africa. China is seriously concerned about this and resolutely opposes it. Ambassador Sun Lei emphasized. #索马里兰是索马里不可分割的一部分 #。中方坚定支持索马里的主权、统一和领土完整，反对任何分裂索马里领土的行为。 China has always believed that the Somaliland issue is entirely an internal affair of Somalia; it should be resolved by the Somali people in a way that conforms to their own national conditions and constitution, and that countries outside the country should stop undue interference. China urges the Somaliland authorities to understand the situation clearly, immediately stop separatist activities and ties with external forces, and return to the path of dialogue with the Federal Government of Somalia as soon as possible.

On the afternoon of December 29, local time, early this morning Beijing time, the UN Security Council held an emergency public meeting on Somalia. Ambassador Sun Lei, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that Israel recently announced that it will officially recognize Somaliland as a so-called “independent sovereign country” and establish full diplomatic relations with Somaliland. This has further exacerbated the tense situation in the Horn of Africa. China is seriously concerned about this and resolutely opposes it. Ambassador Sun Lei emphasized. #索马里兰是索马里不可分割的一部分 #。中方坚定支持索马里的主权、统一和领土完整，反对任何分裂索马里领土的行为。 China has always believed that the Somaliland issue is entirely an internal affair of Somalia; it should be resolved by the Somali people in a way that conforms to their own national conditions and constitution, and that countries outside the country should stop undue interference. China urges the Somaliland authorities to understand the situation clearly, immediately stop separatist activities and ties with external forces, and return to the path of dialogue with the Federal Government of Somalia as soon as possible.