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Saturday, December 09, 2017

Czech President hints: We could move embassy to Jerusalem

Czech President Milos Zeman hinted on Thursday that his country could follow the United States and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem “sooner or later”.

"[President] Trump's decision makes me happy because when I visited Israel four years ago, I said that I would like to transfer the embassy, and that if that happens, we will be the first to do so,” said the Czech president in a television interview.

He added that “every country has the right to decide which city will serve as its capital, and by the same token, every country has the right to decide where its embassy will be located.”

“Trump's move was meant to demonstrate the self-confidence of the United States, and that's very positive," continued Zeman.

The Czech Republic followed in the footsteps of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday and said it recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.

“The Czech Republic currently, before the peace between Israel and Palestine is signed, recognizes Jerusalem to be in fact the capital of Israel in the borders of the demarcation line from 1967,” said a statement issued by the Czech foreign ministry.

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1 comment:

Obama Crooked Bastardo said...

Good call there. Should of been done long time ago, but we had some presidents with mouth full of political correctness with no balls. Those days of "Jeez, lets not offend anybody" are over.