索马里总统哈桑·谢赫·穆罕默德周日宣布，以色列和台湾对索马里的生存构成威胁。
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced Sunday that Israel and Taiwan pose a threat to Somalia's existence.
他在首都摩加迪沙举行的索马里国防大学奠基仪式上的讲话中发表了上述言论。
His remarks came during a speech at a ceremony marking the launch of construction of Somalia's National Defense University in the capital, Mogadishu.
穆罕默德在大学奠基仪式的讲话中说：“台湾对索马里的生存构成威胁，以色列对索马里的国家地位构成另一个威胁。我们知道谁是我们亲密的朋友，谁不是。”该大学预计还将包含一所武装部队医院。
"Taiwan poses a threat to Somalia's existence, and Israel poses another threat to Somalia's statehood. We know who our close friends are, and who are not," Mohamud said during his speech at the launch of the university, which is also expected to include an armed forces hospital.
穆罕默德表示，作为索马里最亲密的盟友之一，中国正在为该大学的建设提供资金。
China, which Mohamud said is one of Somalia's closest allies, is funding the construction of the university.
以色列是唯一承认索马里分裂地区索马里兰的国家，而台湾在该分裂地区首都哈尔格萨拥有广泛的外交关系和存在。
Israel is the only country that has recognized Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, and Taiwan has extensive diplomatic relations and a presence in the breakaway region's capital, Hargeisa.
他还批评反对派领导人，指责他们寻求外部解决方案，并敦促他们回到对话桌前。
He also criticized opposition leaders, accusing them of seeking foreign solutions, and urged them to return to dialogue.
穆罕默德周日在土耳其安塔利亚出席第31届联合国气候变化大会（COP31）后返回摩加迪沙，他在会上警告称，索马里有记录以来最强的厄尔尼诺事件之一可能带来洪水，并严重扰乱南部各省多达340万人的生活。
Mohamud returned to Mogadishu on Sunday after attending the COP31 UN climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, where he warned that one of the strongest El Nino events Somalia has recorded could bring flooding and severely disrupt the lives of up to 3.4 million people in the southern provinces.