Mr. Attaf participates in a ministerial meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council via videoconference.

Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, M. Ahmed Attaf, participated, on Tuesday, in a ministerial meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) on the situation in Somalia, held via videoconference.

This meeting was dedicated to discussing recent developments in the Federal Republic of Somalia, particularly the step taken by the Zionist occupation in its recognition of the so-called "State of Somaliland."
In the address he delivered during this meeting, Mr Attaf reiterated Algeria’s strong condemnation of the recent unilateral recognition of the so-called "State of Somaliland" by the Israeli occupation authorities, reaffirming Algeria’s unwavering solidarity with the Federal Republic of Somalia, in all its efforts aimed at preserving its sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity. 

Mr Attaf also noted after having spread instability, tragedy and chaos in the Middle-East through an unending series of military aggressions in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Syria, in Yemen, and in Iran, the Israeli occupying power is now seeking to create a new source of tension and conflict in the Horn of Africa.

The minister stated that the matter before us today is indeed of profound concern, not only for the Federal Republic of Somalia, but also for the Horn of Africa, for the African Continent as a whole, as well as for the international community at large.

Mr Attaf continued that the Israeli unilateral action constitutes a serious breach of one of the fundamental principles of the African normative framework: the principle of intangibility of borders established at the independence of our countries," thus reaffirming it is "a blatant violation of the core principles upon which the contemporary international order is founded and which are all enshrined in the United Nations’ Charter.

Mr Attaf concluded by emphasizing that what is required from us at this stage is a renewed collective commitment to African unity in the face of all attempts to destabilize African countries by undermining their sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity.