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Vice President Hamilton Mourão, who holds the presidency, said on Monday that "for now," Brazil is not considering changing its Israeli embbady from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The final decision will be made by President Jair Bolsonaro, said the MP, who will remain in the presidency until Wednesday morning (30) due to surgery proposed by President Jair Bolsonaro.
Mourão made the remark after a meeting with the Palestinian ambbadador to Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben. The question was one of the issues discussed and after the meeting, the ambbadador said that he hoped the change would not take effect.
Mourão said Monday during an interview given to the Palestinian ambbadador that he "reacted" to the Palestinian ambbadador.
"The answer I gave them is a response from the state, is not it?" For the moment, the Brazilian state is not considering any change of embbady, "he said.
On November 1 of last year, Jair Bolsonaro, then President-elect, said that Brazil would transfer the Israeli embbady to Jerusalem. Two weeks later, interviewed by a journalist about it, Bolsonaro said: "When I take office in January, you will get the answer. "
Up to now, the Brazilian government has not formalized the change, which has already been adopted by the United States, and if Brazil took this step, the country would recognize the city as the capital of Israel.
"It was in the countryside, this or that."
Recalling Bolsonaro's words on the subject, Mourão explained that they were statements made during the election campaign Let's wait, who decides is the president, no? listen to all opinions, "he said.
