3 hours agoOpening embassy in Jerusalem, Reuters: Kosovo follows US, Guatemala example
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Reuters in an article has written about the opening of the Kosovo Embassy in Jerusalem. Kosovo followed the example of the United States of America and Guatemala, thus becoming the only countries with embassies in one town whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes the internationally recognised agency. [...]
Kosovo followed the example of the United States of America and Guatemala, thus becoming the only countries with embassies in one town whose status is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes the internationally recognised agency.
“Kosovo, in majority Muslim, promised to place its embassy in Jerusalem when it reached diplomatic agreements with Israel, under US sponsorship”, reportedly in Reuters's writing, which quoted the Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspore's Twitter post, where it says the “promised in the Oval Office today has finally been fulfilled”.
By contrast, Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, told the news agency that the opening of the Kosovo Embassy in Jerusalem aims to rescind the Palestinian issue”.
On Thursday, the Czech Republic opened a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, a branch of its embassy in Tel Aviv, a move that drew condemnation from Palestinians and the Arab League. Their embassies in Jerusalem have also opened to the United States and Guatemala.
The opening of the Kosovo Embassy in Jerusalem comes after the Israeli state recognised Kosovo's independence.
