Romania Will Move Embassy to Jerusalem

Romania presidency shatters EU line on Jerusalem

Romania will move its embassy to Jerusalem, its prime minister has said, shattering the EU line on the Arab-Israeli conflict while the country holds the EU rotating presidency.

“I am pleased to announce today to the AIPAC audience that … I, as prime minister of Romania, and the government that I run, will move our embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel,”

Romanian prime minister Violeta Dancila with EU Council president Donald Tusk (Photo: Council of the European Union)
Her announcement broke the joint EU and UN line that Israeli-occupied Jerusalem ought to be shared by Israel and Palestine in a future two-state solution.

It made Romania the first EU state to follow the example of US president Donald Trump, who moved America’s embassy to Jerusalem last year.

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