Netanyahu meets Malawi FM, hails plans to open Jerusalem embassy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Malawi’s Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka in Jerusalem.

The prime minister thanks him for the country’s plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem by the end of the summer, which would make it the third country overall and first African country to do so. Malawi does not currently have a mission in Israel.

“This is a great day because of your decision to move your embassy to Jerusalem, which is our eternal capital from the time of King David,” says Netanyahu. “So we welcome you as a friend. We welcome Malawi as a friend. We’ve always had excellent relations and they’re going to be even better.”

Netanyahu tells Mkaka that he looks “forward to strengthening the ties between Israel and Malawi in agriculture, health, cybersecurity, every area that I think lends itself to cooperation.”