MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th March, 2019) Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Sunday called disputed Jerusalem the capital of Israel and announced the opening of a trade office in the city also claimed by Palestinians.
"Today I announced the first step, which is the opening of a trade office in Jerusalem, the capital of the state of Israel. This mission will serve as an extension of our embassy in Tel Aviv," he was quoted as saying in a government statement.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted him as saying he thanked the president of the Central American nation for opening a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem as "a first step towards transferring the embassy of Honduras to Jerusalem."
