Colombia to Open Embassy in Jerusalem Next Week After Restoring Ties With Israel
Gideon Saar said the move adds Colombia to a small group of countries that have opened embassies in Jerusalem.
- On Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced that Colombia will open its embassy in Jerusalem next Wednesday, joining a small group of nations with diplomatic missions in the city rather than Tel Aviv.
- Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella pledged to strengthen ties with Israel during his campaign and reversed the previous administration's decision to sever diplomatic relations over the war in Gaza.
- Protesters in Bogota rallied on Wednesday to oppose the government's policy shift, while Colombia joins the U.S. and Guatemala among the few nations maintaining embassies in Jerusalem rather than Tel Aviv.
- Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar will travel to Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of the opening, advancing what the government describes as 'the diplomatic battle over the truth.'
- Saar indicated that the Democratic Republic of the Congo will open an embassy in Jerusalem 'very soon' and suggested Brazil might pursue a similar move following recent political results.
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The reorientation towards Israel announced by the government of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is not limited to a diplomatic realignment, writes Alfonso Insuasti Rodríguez for TRT World. The promise to build bilateral relations "like never before seen," the reopening of the Colombian embassy in occupied East Jerusalem, the "recognition of Israeli sovereignty" over the occupied Golan Heights, and the restoration of economic and tra…
Colombia to Open Embassy in Jerusalem Next Week After Restoring Ties With Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Colombia’s incoming Foreign Minister Omar Bula in Washington, where the two sides agreed to restore diplomatic and economic ties after years of strained relations. Photo: Screenshot Colombia will officially open its embassy in Jerusalem next week, recognizing the city as Israel’s capital and signaling a renewed partnership between the two countries under Bogotá’s new administration. Israeli Foreign…
"Next Wednesday we are going to inaugurate (...) the Colombian embassy," Saar said at a press conference, adding that the Democratic Republic of the Congo will also transfer his own to that city "very soon." An official from the press department of the Colombian Foreign Ministry told AFP that Foreign Minister Omar Bula will travel to Jerusalem this Sunday to attend the inauguration days later. Almost all countries with diplomatic relations with …
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