Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:

America does not deal with Somaliland through political means, whereas the UAE deals with it diplomatically and politically and encourages it to separate from Somalia.

We still have relations with the UAE. We have not cut relations. Our embassy is there and their embassy is here. But we canceled all the agreements between us, most of which were in the security and defense sectors.

The UAE is a very important country. We have tried again and again to repair the relationship, but we have not succeeded. We will continue trying.