“This is another step in the strengthening of our eternal capital’s international stature.”
By United with Israel Staff
The country of Sierra Leone in West Africa will open an embassy in Jerusalem, the Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced on Friday.
The announcement comes just a week after the president of Paraguay announced his intention to move the Paraguayan embassy to Jerusalem, and the Uruguayan president announced he would open a diplomatic office in the Jewish State’s capital.
“I spoke yesterday with President of Sierra Leone Julius Bio, who notified me he intends to establish an embassy in Jerusalem as part of the strengthening of relations between our countries,” Cohen wrote on Twitter.
Cohen noted he told Bio he hoped to see him soon in Jerusalem for an inaugural ceremony for the opening of the embassy.
“This is another step in the strengthening of our eternal capital’s international stature,” Cohen added.
In a tweet on Thursday, Bio’s office noted, “His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio had a progressive telephone conversation” with Cohen.
“They discussed the warm relations between both countries that dates back to 1961 when Sierra Leone gained independence,” the message continued.
“As part of efforts to strengthen the relationship between the two nations, His Excellency President Bio expressed his government’s readiness to establish an Embassy of Sierra Leone in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel.”
Currently, four countries have embassies in Jerusalem: the US, Guatemala, Honduras and Kosovo.