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Paraguay’s Pena reiterates embassy opening promise in meeting with Netanyahu

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña at the UN in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña at the UN in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun his meeting with Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña at the UN in New York.

According to Netanyahu’s office, Peña said he would open Paraguay’s embassy in Jerusalem by the end of the year, which he already committed to in August.

Netanyahu said he would reopen Israel’s embassy in Asunción, the Prime Minister’s Office says.

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