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Chad rumored to consider opening mission in Jerusalem

A source within the delegation that arrived Tuesday from Chad said his country would be willing to open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem, though Chad's Foreign Ministry denied having any plans to do so.
Chadian President Idriss Deby (C) enters his car as he departs from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on November 26, 2018, after his visit to the site commemorating the six million Jews killed by the German Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

A top official from Chad told the Israeli press Tuesday that his country would be willing to open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. The official was part of a senior Chadian delegation that arrived to Jerusalem at the invitation of Israel’s National Security Council. Headed by Chad’s cabinet chair Abdelkarim Deby, the delegation met yesterday and today with a series of Israeli top officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen and National Security Council chief Meir ben Shabbat.

A statement issued yesterday by Netanyahu’s office said that the premier and Deby "discussed the appointment of ambassadors and the opening of missions, including the possibility of opening an embassy in Jerusalem." The office of Cohen issued a similar statement, saying, "At the request of Minister Cohen, Gen. Deby responded positively to advancing the establishment of an official representative office of Chad in Jerusalem."

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