Paraguay will move its embassy in Israel to Yerushalayim by the end of May, a Paraguay government spokesman and the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Monday, following the United States and Guatemala.
“Paraguay President Horacio Cartes plans to come to Israel by the end of the month to open an embassy in Yerushalayim,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.
A Paraguay government spokesman said Cartes was scheduling a trip to Israel to move the embassy on May 21 or May 22.
The announcement comes one week before the United States embassy opens in Yerushalayim on May 14 in accordance with President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 recognition of the city as Israel‘s capital.
In March Guatemala’s president, Jimmy Morales, said that his country would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Yerushalayim on May 16, two days after the US move.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in April that “at least half a dozen” countries were now “seriously discussing” following the US lead, but he did not identify them.
Paraguay’s embassy is currently located near Tel Aviv.
by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies
{Matzav.com}
