The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says its welcomes Israel's decision to
formally recognize Somaliland as a sovereign nation.

MOFA claimed Taiwan, Israel, and Somaliland, are all "like-minded democratic
partners sharing the values of democracy, freedom, and rule of law" ...

.. and it expects the move to facilitate closer three-way cooperation on all
fronts between Taiwan, Israel and Somaliland.

Taiwan and Somaliland opened representative offices in each other's capitals
in 2020.

The foreign ministry says ties have steadily grown since the opening of those
offices -- with cooperation seen in such areas as medicine, education,
agriculture, information and telecommunications, security, and energy mineral
development.

Taiwan and Somaliland signed an agreement in July of this year to enhance
bilateral coast guard cooperation to jointly safeguard navigation safety in
the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

We'll have more on this story a bit later on in the newscast