Honduras to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem by year's end

The announcement follows a phone call between Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez (L) speaks during an inauguration ceremony in Jerusalem of the Diplomatic Trade Office of Honduras on September 1, 2019, in the presence of his wife First Lady Ana Garcia Carias (R), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-R) and his wife Sara Netanyahu (2nd-L). - (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images)
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez (L) speaks during an inauguration ceremony in Jerusalem of the Diplomatic Trade Office of Honduras on Sept. 1, 2019, in the presence of his wife First Lady Ana Garcia Carias (R), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd-R) and his wife Sara Netanyahu (2nd-L). - DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images
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Honduras plans to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2020, said President Juan Orlando Hernandez following a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. 

"I have just talked to Prime Minister Netanyahu to strengthen our strategic alliance. We spoke to arrange the opening of the embassies in Tegucigalpa and Jerusalem, respectively," Hernandez tweeted Sunday. “We hope to take this historic step before the end of the year, as long as the pandemic allows it,” he added.

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