Fiji will open its embassy in Jerusalem on September 17, the Foreign Ministry announces.
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will be in Israel for the occasion.
Rabuka came to power in late 2022 as the head of a three-party government that includes the right-wing Christian Sodelpa party, one of whose leaders’ demands was that Fiji open an embassy in Jerusalem.
Fiji’s decision on the embassy followed a decades-long campaign by the Jerusalem-based International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, which preaches support for Israel at churches across the Southern Pacific.
Currently, six countries have embassies in Jerusalem — the US, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea and Paraguay.
“I congratulate Fiji and its Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Friend of Israel Sitiveni Rabuka, on its decision to open an embassy in Israel, in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people,” says Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in a statement. “We will continue to work to open and transfer additional embassies to Jerusalem, our capital.”
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