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Somalia calls Israeli Foreign Minister's visit to Somaliland an 'incursion'

Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (R) speaking during a press conference with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar (L) at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa. [AFP]

The Israeli foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday in a high-profile visit, condemned by Somalia as an "unauthorised incursion", after Israel recognised the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa.

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

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