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Colombia opens Jerusalem embassy, restores free trade deal with Israel
Original: Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem, restores free trade deal with Israel
Colombia has opened its embassy in Jerusalem and restored a free trade agreement with Israel, Reuters reports. The move places Colombia among a small group of countries recognising Jerusalem as Israel's diplomatic capital, a step most nations have avoided because of the city's contested status in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and signals a warming of ties between Bogota and Jerusalem.
Why now: Relocating an embassy to Jerusalem is a diplomatically sensitive step that most countries have declined to take, making the shift newsworthy amid the Middle East conflict.
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