Honduras makes plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem! Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, spoke on Sunday and agreed to open embassies in the national capitals of the two countries. In their joint statement, they expressed their hope that the move will be completed by the end of 2020. Their statement reaffirmed “the close friendship and strategic partnership” between the two countries. It also said that Hernandez congratulated Netanyahu on signing the peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, “as part of the peace revolution that the region is going through.” Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for the true friendship and firm support that Israel has received from Honduras and reiterated Israel’s commitment to strengthening the partnership between the countries, including through cooperation in the fields of tourism, investment, technology, agriculture, education and trade.
Netanyahu speaks to President of Honduras, and the two to open embassies in each other’s countries by the end of 2020. Read more