TEGUCIGALPA – Honduras plans to move its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv, a year after moving it to Jerusalem, to the Honduran Foreign Ministry.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a conservative who is also Washington’s best friend, moved the Honduran embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2021.
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The United States moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 for then-President Donald Trump, reversing decades of American policy.
Hernandez was extradited to the United States earlier this year for drug trafficking.
His successor, leftist Xiomara Castro, took office in January.
“The factor of moving the embassy to Tel Aviv has already been discussed with the president (Castro) and is an issue that interests him, as well as maintaining a balanced dating with other Arab countries and Israel,” said Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina. . in a report.
Israel, which annexed the eastern component of Jerusalem after capturing it in the Middle East War in 1967, is all of Jerusalem its capital, while most east Jerusalem countries will be occupied territory. The United States, Honduras, Guatemala and Kosovo are the only countries with embassies in Jerusalem; other countries have them in Tel Aviv.
Reina discussed the issue at a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday in Bogota, where they were visiting for Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s rite of inauguration.
The resolution to return the embassy to Tel Aviv can only be taken “with the aim of re-establishing compliance with the criteria of foreign law required through the United Nations,” Reina said in the statement. (Reporting through Gustavo Palencia Editorial through Kylie Madry Edition through Peter Graff)
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