El Salvador to move embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv

SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, the country's foreign ministry said on Friday.

El Salvador would have been the only country in the world left with an embassy in Jerusalem after Costa Rica announced on August 16 it would pull its diplomatic mission out of the city.

A U.S. ally which has a small contingent of troops in Iraq, El Salvador is governed by conservative President Tony Saca, who is of Palestinian Christian descent.

"Considering the current situation in the Middle East, El Salvador has decided to move its diplomatic representation in the state of Israel," the ministry said in a statement.

Source : http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=754946&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

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