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The Paraguayan government says it's moving its embassy to Israel from Jerusalem and is returning to Tel Aviv.
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Asunción, Paraguay – The Paraguayan government says it's moving its embassy to Israel from Jerusalem and returning to Tel Aviv, less than four months after the opening of the new mission.
Foreign Minister Luis Alberto Castiglioni announced Wednesday that the government has decided to take action immediately.
Former President Horacio Cartes made this year only the third country in Paraguay to transfer his embassy to Jerusalem, opening the mission on May 21st. But new President Mario Abdo Benitez has opposed this change.
In response to this decision, Israel said it was closing its embassy in Paraguay, saying the ties between the two countries would be "tense" by the decision.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said Paraguay had pledged to give the embassy two weeks ago during a visit by Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki to the country. .
