Israel announced the decision of Brazil to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem

Israel announced Sunday that Brazil has opened a "diplomatic office" in Jerusalem during the visit of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the country.

"TheObrigado for the opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem!", thanked the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, for a comment on Twitter including a photo of him shaking hands with his Brazilian counterpart, Ernesto Araújo.

The question of transfer of the Brazilian Embbady from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, announced by Jair Bolsonaro after his election, is undoubtedly one of the central themes of the visit of the Brazilian president to Israel.

The South American leader suggested this week that he would make that decision, would cause irritation in Arab countriesbut had planned that during his trip to Israel, he could announce the opening of a "business office" in Jerusalem.

Bolsonaro, who took office earlier this year, was received Sunday by Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv.

"We make history together"A new era is opening in relations between our two countries," said Netanyahu, who had received the Brazilian president on foot from the plane.

In turn, Bolsonaro badured that his "Government strongly committed to strengthening cooperation between Brazil and Israel"."Cooperation in the areas of security and defense is of great interest for Brazil"he explained.

According to badysts, the Brazilian far-right president must weigh the risk of losing the support of the influential evangelical group when he postpones the transfer of diplomatic headquarters or losing markets in Arab countries. keeps its promise, annoying its powerful allies of the world of agribusiness Brazil is the world's largest exporter of halal meat.

For a large part of the international community, the status of the Holy City must be negotiated between the two parties and the embbadies must not settle there until an agreement has been reached. However, measures taken by the United States under Donald Trump's government have encouraged the transfer of the diplomatic seat to the holy city.

(With information from Reuters and AFP)