Honduran President Juan Hernandez said Sunday that the country hopes tomove its embassy to Jerusalem by the end of this year.
Hernandez said on Twitter that he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu over the phone “to strengthen our strategic alliance and agree toopen the embassies in Tegucigalpa and Jerusalem respectively.”
“We hope to take this historic step before the end of the year, as long asthe pandemic allows it,” he added, while also congratulating Netanyahu onIsrael’s signing of normalization agreements with the United Arab Emiratesand Bahrain earlier this month.
In response, Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for Honduras’ solidsupport for Israel.
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Currently, there are two foreign embassies located in Jerusalem: those ofthe US and Guatemala.
Several countries have pledged to move their embassies to Jerusalem,including Brazil, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and most recently, Serbia andKosovo.
