Mogadishu (PP Editorial) — Denmark is likely one of the international locations that host Somali refugees. Danish businesses perform initiatives in a number of components of Somalia. In Hargeisa final week, the Danish Ambassador to Somalia referred to Somaliland as a rustic. Though it’s unclear whether or not by “nation” he meant the Federal Republic of Somalia or the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, the careless alternative of phrases landed the ambassador in bother with the Somali Overseas Ministry. The Overseas Minister of Somalia, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, acknowledged that his ministry would summon diplomats who referred to Somaliland as a rustic.
The delegation of overseas diplomats who went to Hargeisa on the eve of the election day issued a press release after the elections. The prominence given to the elections happening in a part of Northern Somalia that claims to have seceded from Somalia displays a condescending diplomatic perspective in the direction of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Somaliland hosts Taiwan “diplomatic workplace” and seeks to lease a coastal district of Somalia to Ethiopia, violating the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and its one-China coverage.
At present, Mathias Kjaer, Head of Danish Illustration Workplace in “Somaliland” reposted a tweet by Rashid Abdi containing the next sentence: “The worldwide group should push again towards the surge in ugly Somali nationalism and instrumentalisation of sovereignty represented by males like Ahmed Fiqi.” Kjaer needed to un-tweet after realising he had promoted the agenda of Rashid Abdi, who advocates secession in Somalia.
In 2023, Rashid Abdi misleadingly tweeted in regards to the battle in Laas Anood: “Al-Shabaab now concerned in Laas Anood violence. That is now not only a declare by Somaliland. Intelligence businesses working within the Horn now deem data credible.” There has by no means been strong proof that Al-Shabaab is or was working in Las Anood.
The declare that Al-Shabaab was working there was made by the President of Somaliland’s administration, Muse Bihi Abdi, to justify the shelling of the executive capital of Sool by his forces. Diplomats are anticipated to uphold social media etiquette when reposting tweets by different folks. Reposting a tweet by a diplomat implies endorsement.
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