{"id":102443,"date":"2023-02-26T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102443"},"modified":"2023-02-26T14:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:24:22","slug":"04-00-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102443","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem, Israel&#8217;s Cohen confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-732756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem, Israel&#8217;s Cohen confirms<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TOVAH LAZAROFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Israel and Papua New Guinea established diplomatic relations in 1978, but the Jerusalem mission will be its first embassy in Israel.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/526043\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen, who is learning on the job, issued unconscionable praise for Qatar, says the writer. \/ (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The mostly Christian country of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-732745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>\u00a0plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem, its Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko confirmed to his Israeli counterpart on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI thank Papua New Guinea for the close relationship, the overwhelming support at international institutions and the decision to establish an embassy in Jerusalem,\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/article-732197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign Minister Eli Cohen<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThis is further evidence of the warm and important relationship between the countries,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1629758132892192768\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cohen&#8217;s office publicized details of the call on Sunday, even though the two men spoke of the matter on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Papua New Guinea is latest to open embassy in Jerusalem<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The opening of an Embassy in Jerusalem is still viewed as a highly contentious one by the international diplomatic community, given that only a small number of countries recognize that Jerusalem is part of Israel\u2019s sovereign territory and even fewer recognize that its the country\u2019s capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/528288\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>US State Secretary Antony Blinken attends a bilateral meeting with Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Prime Minister James Marape, on the sidelines of APEC summit, in Bangkok, Thailand November 17, 2022 (credit: REUTERS\/CHALINEE THIRASUPA\/POOL)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Former US President Donald Trump had led the charge in attempting to change international consensus on the matter, declaring in 2017 that Jerusalem was Israel\u2019s capital and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-721802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relocating the embassy<\/a>\u00a0there one year later.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Only Guatemala, Honduras and Kosovo have followed suit. But some countries have opened trade offices in Israel, by way of giving a nod in the direction of recognizing Israeli ties to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This includes Australia, Brazil, Columbia, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Hungary, Paraguay, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uruguay.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Cohen on Sunday said that \u201cWe at the Foreign Ministry will continue to work to transfer more diplomatic missions to the city of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the people of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Israel, Papua New Guinea&#8217;s diplomatic relations<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel and Papua New Guinea established diplomatic relations in 1978, but the Jerusalem mission will be its first embassy in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tkachenko had spoken already in January of wanting to open an embassy in Jerusalem\u00a0and he repeated that pledge when he spoke with Cohen, explaining that it would be inaugurated this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The two men also spoke about improving bilateral ties, including economic cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem, Israel&#8217;s Cohen confirms TOVAH LAZAROFF Israel and Papua New Guinea established diplomatic relations in 1978, but the Jerusalem mission will be its first embassy in Israel. 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