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Israel has announced that Colombia will open an embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the latest country to establish a diplomatic mission in the disputed city claimed as a capital by Israelis and Palestinians. Most countries have their embassies in Israel in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Thursday the Latin American country\u2019s embassy would open next week as he touted expanding relations with the region.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNext Wednesday, we are going to inaugurate \u2026 the Colombian embassy,\u201d Saar told attendees at a conference in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
An official at the Colombian Foreign Ministry in Bogota told AFP news agency the country\u2019s Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar would travel to Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of the opening.<\/p>\n
Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella<\/a>, who was sworn in as president in August, promised close relations with Israel during his election campaign. When he came into office, he restored diplomatic ties between Colombia and Israel. Colombia had previously severed ties with the country over Israel\u2019s genocidal war in Gaza.<\/p>\n The announcement comes as a small but growing list of countries has opted to route their diplomatic ties with Israel through Jerusalem.<\/p>\n Since 2018, the US, Guatemala, Paraguay, Kosovo, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Nauru and Somaliland, which has been recognised as an independent entity only by Israel, have opened embassies in the city.<\/p>\n Other countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel have located their embassies in Tel Aviv, as Jerusalem is not recognised by the international community as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will work hard because this is the diplomatic battle over the truth. And the truth is, Jerusalem was always the capital of one nation,\u201d Saar said, dismissing Palestinian claims to the capital.<\/p>\n The Israeli minister said the Democratic Republic of the Congo would open its embassy in Jerusalem \u201cvery soon\u201d and hinted at another opening.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that with the possible results in Brazil, they might have the same move,\u201d he said after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro<\/a> won the first round in the country\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n