New Delhi, July 1 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday extended greetings to Somalia's Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali on their National Day.

In a post on X, he said, "Felicitations to FM Abdisalam Abdi Ali, the Government and people of Somalia on their National Day."

Somalia celebrates Independence Day every year on July 1 to commemorate its liberation from colonial rule. The significance of this day is that the northern and southern regions of Somalia, which achieved independence from colonial rule, united and officially declared the establishment of the Republic of Somalia on July 1, 1960, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia says.

June 26 1960, the independent northern region of Somalia broke with Britis...