US EditionSomalia: Somaliland Offers U.S. Naval Base Access, Rare Earth Deal in Bid for Recognition
SOMALILAND, JUL 30 – Somaliland offers the United States a strategic military base near the Red Sea and access to critical minerals including lithium as part of its bid for official recognition.
- On Monday, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro offered a US military base near the Red Sea entrance and access to critical minerals in exchange for recognition.
- Situated along the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, Somaliland, a self-declared republic with about five million people, remains unrecognised by any nation.
- Recently, a US delegation led by Ambassador Richard Riley and AFRICOM commander Michael Langley visited Hargeisa, where Irro held talks with US diplomats and military officials.
- Amid the proposals, the US State Department reiterated its position of recognizing only `one Somalia` and said discussions on a US base are ongoing.
- From Somaliland, naval forces could monitor and intercept Houthi militia threats near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, essential for Red Sea trade security.
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Somalia: Somaliland Offers U.S. Naval Base Access, Rare Earth Deal in Bid for Recognition
Somaliland has offered the United States the opportunity to establish a naval base along its coast near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait and proposed a rare earth minerals deal, in a bid to gain formal recognition as an independent state, according to a report published by Bloomberg.
Somaliland pitches more minerals access to US
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Breakaway Africa Region Seeks US Recognition With Base, Minerals
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Somaliland Seeks U.S. Support with Military Base and Mineral Deals in Bid for Recognition
Somaliland, the breakaway region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, is stepping up its decades-long campaign for international recognition—this time by dangling two powerful incentives: a Red Sea military base and access to critical minerals. With geopolitical tensions rising in the Middle East and East Africa, Somaliland is betting that its strategic location and relative stability will catch the attention of U.S. policymakers loo…
Somaliland seeks U.S. recognition with military base and minerals offer
The initiative focuses on a geopolitically vital area near the entrance to the Red Sea and comes amid a growing global competition over control of key maritime routes and access to rare resources. Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia in the early 1990s but has yet to gain international recognition, sees this proposal as a way to end its diplomatic isolation and strengthen its independent status. BACKGROUND: A military base in Somaliland whi…
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