RIO DE JANEIRO — El Salvador, the last nation to have an open embassy in Jerusalem ending, announces it will not move back to the capital.
“We will not move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem out of respect for the peace process in the Middle East and particularly Israel and Palestine,” Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Martinez says during an interview with a local TV channel, reports the Spanish-language Jewish news service Aurora.
“Each country makes its own decision regarding foreign policy and El Salvador does not judge the determination of other countries, so we hope that the Salvadoran government will not be judged either,” he adds.
In 2006, El Salvador was the last country to move its embassy from Jerusalem in a bid to please Arab nations. One week before, Costa Rica also announced it would pull its diplomatic mission out of Israel’s capital. Therefore, at least for a few days, El Salvador remained the only country in the world with an embassy in Jerusalem.
— JTA
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