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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, saying Friday it had made the decision following a U.N. cease-fire resolution on the conflict in Lebanon that sought to promote greater security in the Middle East. The move marked the closure of the last foreign mission left in the Israeli capital.
The decision comes a week after fellow Central American nation Costa Rica — the only other country that had an embassy in Jerusalem — announced it was moving its diplomatic mission to Tel Aviv, which is used by other countries because of Jerusalem's disputed status.
El Salvador's foreign ministry said in a statement the decision was made after analyzing, with Israel, "the current situation in the Middle East," and after resolution 1701 of the U.N. Security Council, "whose mandate is to seek the promotion of security and greater stability, generating a new stage of favorable expectations for the Middle East."
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