Honduras to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Honduras follows the United States, Guatemala and Kosovo in opening an embassy in the contested holy city.
In a deepening of Honduras’ ties with Israel, the Central American country will open an embassy in Jerusalem later this month, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced on Thursday.
“We are going to formalize what we have already carried out step by step, which is the installation of our embassy in Jerusalem,” said Hernandez.
Hernandez tweeted that he will visit the holy city in late June to inaugurate the embassy. Its transfer from Tel Aviv, he said, “will empower us on the agricultural side, in the field of innovation and in the field of tourism.”
After Chile, Honduras has Latin America’s largest Palestinian population and in 2011, recognized Palestine before establishing diplomatic ties with the Palestinians in 2013.
