Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks to journalists ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at UN headquarters on August 5, 2025 in New York. Israel’s foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on January 6, 2026 in the first high-profile visit by an Israeli official since the country recognised the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa, the Somaliland presidency said.