𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

Press Statement

𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝. We strongly refute China’s false claims of territorial sovereignty that completely ignores the fundamental truth. We appreciated G7 Foreign Ministers recently supported Taiwan by opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo of the Taiwan Strait whether by force or by coercion.

Under the Trump administration, the White House National Security Council openly acknowledged and praised the new relationship between Somaliland and Taiwan in 2020. Following the 2024 Presidential Election, Somaliland’s democratization is garnering world-wide attention and support from like-minded countries, and Taiwan-Somaliland relationship continues to thrive based shared values, shared interests and shared goals. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

It is also worthy to note how “humanitarian assistance” could be weaponized to fuel internal conflicts and cognitive warfare to further destabilize the region. We urge China to cease its provocation and truly uphold the values of peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.