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Israeli Foreign Minister in Somaliland weeks after official recognition

Israeli Foreign Minister in Somaliland weeks after official recognition. [AFP]

Israel's foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday in the first high-profile visit by an Israeli official since the country recognised the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa, the Somaliland presidency said.

Israel announced last month it was officially recognising Somaliland, a first for the self-proclaimed republic that in 1991 declared it had unilaterally separated from Somalia.

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