China counters US position on breakaway African state with Red Sea navigation pledge days after Trump’s Somaliland remarks
China and Djibouti have reaffirmed Somalia’s territorial integrity and opposed international recognition of Somaliland’s independence, days after US President Donald Trump described the breakaway African territory as “a totally different country” from Somalia. China and Djibouti issued a joint statement reaffirming Somalia’s territorial integrity and opposing international recognition of Somaliland’s independence. This stance comes days…








