State Department not aware of efforts to move embassy

3 January 2017, 6:16 pm

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State Department spokesman John Kirby says he is unaware of any efforts by the incoming Trump administration to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

“We’re not privy to any moves, any decisions or active efforts to go ahead and move the embassy,” he tells CNN. “If that’s happening, and I’m certainly in no position to judge, we’re not aware of specific moves that are being made to that end. Our position has been and remains that moving the embassy is not constructive to the peace process, it’s not the right thing to do,” he says, adding that this “wise” policy has been also upheld by previous US administrations.