Fiji will open its embassy in Jerusalem on September 17, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has announced
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will be in Israel for the occasion.
“I congratulate Fiji and its Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Friend of Israel Sitiveni Rabuka, on its decision to open an embassy in Israel, in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people,” said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in a statement.
“We will continue to work to open and transfer additional embassies to Jerusalem, our capital.”
Fiji’s decision on the embassy followed a decades-long campaign by the Jerusalem-based International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, which preaches support for Israel at churches across the Southern Pacific.
Currently, six countries have embassies in Jerusalem — the US, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea and Paraguay.