Editing Foreign relations of Somalia (section)

===Americas===
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* Brazil is accredited to Somalia from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.<ref name="BR-Nairobi">{{cite web|url=http://nairobi.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/|title=Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi|website=Ministério das Relações Exteriores|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
* Somalia does not have an accreditation to Brazil.
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* Canada is accredited to Somalia from its high commission in Nairobi, Kenya.
* Somalia has a resident embassy in [[Ottawa]].
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->5 August 1975||

* Mexico is accredited to Somalia from its embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/etiopia/| title = Embassy of Mexico in Ethiopia}}</ref>
* Somalia does not have an accreditation to Mexico.
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|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Somalia–United States relations]]

After the collapse of the Barre government and the start of the civil war in the early 1990s, the U.S. embassy in Mogadishu closed down. However, the American government never formally severed diplomatic ties with Somalia. The U.S. acknowledged and supported the internationally recognized, UN-backed Transitional Federal Government as the country's national governing body. It also engages Somalia's smaller regional administrations, such as Puntland and Somaliland, to ensure broad-based inclusion in the peace process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.somaliareport.com/index.php/post/220/The_US_Dual_Track_Policy_Towards_Somalia_ |title=The US Dual Track Policy Towards Somalia |publisher=Somaliareport.com |date=2010-08-05 |access-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511224410/http://www.somaliareport.com/index.php/post/220/The_US_Dual_Track_Policy_Towards_Somalia_ |archive-date=2013-05-11 }}</ref>
[[File:Hasshkmhdjhnkry.jpg|thumb|President of Somalia [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]] with [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[John Kerry]] at the State Department (September 2013).]]
As of 2011, the United States maintains a non-resident diplomatic mission for Somalia in [[Nairobi]]. In addition, the Somalia embassy in the U.S. until recently had as its ambassador-designate [[Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke]], the former [[List of Prime Ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister]] of Somalia.<ref name=president>{{cite web| url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h4xe0fp9mqSc4ueXeVWFk4G-uTkw | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219020936/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h4xe0fp9mqSc4ueXeVWFk4G-uTkw | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 19, 2009 | title = Somali president names Sharmarke as new PM | access-date = 2009-02-14 | date = 2009-02-13 | publisher = [[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref><ref name=unity>{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-13-voa18.cfm |title=Sharmarke Chosen as PM in Somalia's National Unity Government |access-date=2009-02-14 |date=2009-02-13 |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214170533/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-13-voa18.cfm |archive-date=2009-02-14 }}</ref>

The [[Federal Government of Somalia]] was established on August 20, 2012, concurrent with the end of the TFG's interim mandate.<ref name="Fcacsunesinpshm"/> It represents the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war.<ref name="Fcacsunesinpshm"/> On September 10, 2012, the new [[Federal Parliament of Somalia|Federal Parliament]] also elected [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]] as the incumbent [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]].<ref name="Rslemanp">{{cite news|title=Somali lawmakers elect Mohamud as next president|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/somalia-politics-idUSL5E8KAIUR20120910|work=Reuters|access-date=10 September 2012}}</ref> The [[United States]] government subsequently released a press statement felicitating Mohamud on his victory, and promised to continue partnering with the Somali authorities.<ref name="Hmuschsmobsnp">{{cite web|last=United States Press Secretary|title=U.S. congratulates Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on becoming Somalia's new president|url=http://horseedmedia.net/2012/09/11/u-s-congratulates-hassan-sheikh-mohamoud-on-becoming-somalias-new-president/|publisher=Horseed Media|access-date=11 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620195723/http://horseedmedia.net/2012/09/11/u-s-congratulates-hassan-sheikh-mohamoud-on-becoming-somalias-new-president/|archive-date=20 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2013, the U.S. announced that it was set to exchange diplomatic notes with the new central government of Somalia, re-establishing official ties with the country for the first time in 20 years. According to the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]], the decision was made in recognition of the significant progress that the Somali authorities had achieved on both the political and war fronts. The move is expected to grant the Somali government access to new sources of development funds from American agencies as well as international bodies like the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]], thereby facilitating the ongoing reconstruction process.<ref name="Usstfrsgatyh">{{cite news|title=US set to formally recognise Somali government after 20-year hiatus|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/17/hillary-clinton-to-recognise-somalian-government|access-date=18 January 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Usstrsg">{{cite news|title=U.S. Set to Recognize Somali Government|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-set-to-recognize-somali-government/1585876.html|access-date=18 January 2013|newspaper=VOA|date=17 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120051508/http://www.voanews.com/content/us-set-to-recognize-somali-government/1585876.html|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2014, in what she described as a gesture of the deepening relations between Washington and Mogadishu and faith in Somalia's stabilization efforts, U.S. Undersecretary of State [[Wendy Sherman]] announced that the United States would soon name a new ambassador to Somalia.<ref name="Autfetsity">{{cite news|title=U.S. Taps First Envoy to Somalia in 20 Years|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-taps-envoy-somalia-20-years-23975128|access-date=25 February 2015|newspaper=ABC News|date=February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611202338/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-taps-envoy-somalia-20-years-23975128|archive-date=2014-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2015, U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] appointed Foreign Service veteran [[Katherine Simonds Dhanani]] as the new Ambassador of the United States to Somalia. She is the first official U.S. envoy to the country in over two decades.<ref name="Gonfuatssn">{{cite news|title=Obama Nominates First U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Since 1991|url=http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=10868|access-date=25 February 2015|agency=Goobjoog|date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
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