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Israel Says Paraguay to Move Embassy to Jerusalem

A picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock mosque in the centre
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May 7, 2018

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Paraguay will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by the end of May, the Israeli foreign ministry said on Monday, following the United States and Guatemala.

"Paraguay President Horacio Cartes plans to come to Israel by the end of the month to open an embassy in Jerusalem," Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.

However, Paraguay's foreign ministry said such a decision has not yet been made.

(Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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