
Somalia’s foreign ministry on Friday denied having recognised northern Cyprus as an independent country , following the publication of a now deleted social media post by the country’s new Parliament Speaker Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur earlier this week thanking the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler for congratulating him on taking the role.
Ziya Ozturkler “The Federal Republic of Somalia wishes to clarify, following recent references in public discussion, that its position






