Somaliland ready to give US access to its minerals, military bases: Minister
A Somaliland official has revealed that the country's leadership is prepared to give the United States access to its mineral resources and military bases in exchange for recognition of the breakaway entity as an independent state.
"We are willing to give exclusive access to our minerals to the United States. Also, we are open to offer military bases to the United States," Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Somaliland, Khadar Hussein Abdi, told AFP in an interview on Saturday.
He added, "We believe that we will agree on something with the United States."
The Israeli regime is the only entity in the world that has recognized the area as an independent state.
Somaliland's president said he would give the Israeli regime privileged access to its mineral resources in exchange for its recognition.
Nevertheless, it remains to be recognized by the rest of the world as a breakaway region of Somalia, covering the northwestern area once considered a British Protectorate.
Earlier this month, the president of Somalia strongly denounced the Israeli regime’s interference in his country’s internal affairs and vowed to “confront” any Israeli military presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state is a “reckless, fundamentally wrong and illegal action under international law.”
The government in Mogadishu considers Somaliland an integral part of Somalia. The territory has run its own affairs for decades, having its own currency, army, and police force. The residents of Somaliland also have their own passports.
The African Union and most Arab countries have thrown their support behind Somalia, condemning the Israeli regime's move.
Somaliland, which has been seeking independence since declaring its autonomy from Somalia in 1991, occupies a strategic location, situated along one of the world’s most vital maritime choke points—an area already surrounded by overlapping conflicts in the Horn of Africa and West Asia.
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