FM Cohen says Hungary will soon announce transfer of embassy to Jerusalem

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks at a Chabad event in Budapest, Hungary, May 31, 2023. (Video screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks at a Chabad event in Budapest, Hungary, May 31, 2023. (Video screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

At a Chabad event in Hungary, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says that Budapest will announce in the near future that it is moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

“Hungary will be the first country in the European Union that will announce in a number of weeks that it is moving its embassy to Jerusalem,” he says in a video shared with The Times of Israel.

The Foreign Ministry and Hungary’s embassy in Israel decline to comment.

Hungary, one of Israel’s closest allies in Europe, has a trade office in Jerusalem, which is an official branch of its embassy.

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