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Honduras: We will move our embassy to Jerusalem by the end of the year

President Juan Orlando tweeted that he had talked to Netanyahu and that the two had agreed to open embassies in Jerusalem and Tegucigalpa, respectively, after Israel closed the embassy in the country's capital more than 20 years ago:

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Sunday, 20 September 2020, 23:54

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Honduran President Juan Orlando announced tonight (Sunday) that his country is in talks with Israel to move its embassy to Jerusalem, while at the same time Israel is expected to open an embassy in the state capital, Tegucigalpa.

This, more than 20 years after it closed the Israeli embassy there due to budgetary reasons.

"I spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strengthen our strategic partnership and discuss the opening of embassies in Jerusalem and Tegucigalpa," Orlando wrote on his Twitter account.

"We hope to make this historic move by the end of the year, as long as the epidemic allows."

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"Hope to make the historic move by the end of the year."

Orlando and Netanyahu, in 2019 (Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO)

This announcement comes more than a year after Honduras announced that it would hold talks with Israel with the aim of opening an embassy in Jerusalem.

So, the move came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Honduran President Juan Hernandez in Brazil.

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