The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will not follow US suit and move the Canadian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
“Canada’s long-standing position is that the status of Jerusalem can be resolved only as part of a general settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. This has been the policy of consecutive governments, both Liberal and Conservative,” Canadian press secretary Adam Austen said in a statement.
“We are strongly committed to the goal of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, including the creation of a Palestinian state living side-by-side in peace and security with Israel.”
Canada still does not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital city & will not move its embassy to Jerusalem, federal government says https://t.co/ZA7f3NaSHV
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) December 6, 2017
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step that has already generated widespread regional and world condemnation.
The international community does not recognize Israel’s hold on East Jerusalem, which it occupied in June 1967.
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