{"id":73477,"date":"2024-02-03T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/?p=73477"},"modified":"2024-02-03T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T15:30:16","slug":"lord-cameron-sympathetic-to-making-surprise-diplomatic-move-to-fix-red-sea-houthi-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/lord-cameron-sympathetic-to-making-surprise-diplomatic-move-to-fix-red-sea-houthi-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Cameron ‘sympathetic’ to making surprise diplomatic move to fix Red Sea Houthi crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has met with a senior Tory MP to discuss the formal recognition of a Somaliland as the Red Sea crisis escalates.
\nLord Cameron has had discussions about the UK seizing an historic opportunity to help tackle the Red Sea crisis with the Houthi terrorists.<\/p>\n

It has come as the government is coming under pressure to end a 33-year diplomatic impasse and recognise the state of Somaliland, a former British protectorate which is claimed by neighbouring Somalia.
\nThe Daily Express has learnt that Lord Cameron has sat down with former Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson who has been a champion of the Somaliland cause as the Houthi crisis in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has intensified.<\/p>\n

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Houthi terrorist attacks on shipping have threatened one of the world\u2019s biggest trade routes and both the UK and US have been firing on Houthi targets in response.<\/p>\n

Sir Gavin told the Daily Express that \u201cthere is enormous sympathy\u201d for the recognition of Somaliland but \u201cthat now needs to translate into something positive\u201d.
\nHe warned: \u201cIf we do not seize this opportunity others will, and we will lose out on an ally in enormously strategic place who has immensely goodwill towards the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sir Gavin has just returned from Somaliland with former Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis who has written for the Daily Express today pushing the case for recognition.<\/p>\n

As the former colonial power, the UK is the \u201cpen holder\u201d at the United Nations for the fate of Somaliland and could influence its international recognition as well.<\/p>\n

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Sir Michael Ellis said: \u201cThe West needs all the friends it can get in a time of worrying instability in the world and here is a friend looking to help the West in a region where such allies are few and far between.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in the UK\u2019s strategic and economic interests to recognise Somaliland- but it would also be the morally right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somaliland, which has maintained close ties with the UK, is, unlike Somalia, a functioning, peaceful democracy.<\/p>\n

The country has a coastline on the Horn of Africa of 531 miles close to the current problems with the Houthis in Yemen.<\/p>\n

It has a major port Berbera which is a key haven for shipping, a significant important export point for East Africa and a potential location to base UK and US warships.<\/p>\n

In 1960 it was the twelfth African country to be made independent but within days united with Somalia.<\/p>\n

After civil war and persecution, Somaliland became independent again in 1991 but has never officially been recognised even though Somalia has been described as \u201ca failed state\u201d and has been a base for pirates and terrorists.<\/p>\n

Source : express.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has met with a senior Tory MP to discuss the formal recognition of a Somaliland as the Red Sea crisis escalates. Lord Cameron has had discussions about the UK seizing an historic opportunity to help tackle the Red Sea crisis with the Houthi terrorists. It has come as the government is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-english-news","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arabsiyonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Lord_Cameron_Somaliland_UK_Recognition_00_20240202.webp?fit=1600%2C1001&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5kp1p-j77","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73482,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73477\/revisions\/73482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabsiyonews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}