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China cannot dictate who Somaliland can have relations with as it was a sovereign nation and “born free”, the foreign minister of the breakaway Somali region said on Friday during a trip to Taiwan which has been condemned by Beijing.

Somaliland's Foreign Minister Essa Kayd Mohamoud, Minister of Financial Development Saad Ali Shire, Minister of Livestock and Fishery Development Saeed Sulub Mohamed and Minister of Planning and National Development Omar Ali Abdilahi attend a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, February 11, 2022.

Strategically situated on the Horn of Africa, Somaliland borders Djibouti, where China maintains its first ever overseas military base. “We were born free and we will stay free. We will run our business the way we want. China cannot dictate, no other country can dictate.”

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