JERUSALEM – Paraguay will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by theend of May, a Paraguay government spokesman and the Israeli foreignministry said on Monday, following the United States and Guatemala.
“Paraguay President Horacio Cartes plans to come to Israel by the end ofthe month to open an embassy in Jerusalem,” Israeli Foreign Ministryspokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement. A Paraguay governmentspokesman said Cartes was scheduling a trip to Israel to move the embassyon May 21 or May 22.
The announcement comes one week before the United States embassy opens inJerusalem on May 14 in accordance with President Trump’s Dec. 6 recognitionof the city as Israel’s capital.