President Donald Trump
The Czech Republic on Wednesday evening followed in the footsteps
of U.S. President Donald Trump and said it recognizes Jerusalem as the
capital of the State of Israel.
“The Czech Republic currently, before the peace between Israel
and Palestine is signed, recognizes Jerusalem to be in fact the capital
of Israel in the borders of the demarcation line from 1967,” said a statement issued by the Czech foreign ministry.
The statement also stressed that the Czech Republic “considers Jerusalem to be future capital of both states, meaning the State of Israel and the future State of Palestine.”
“The Ministry can start considering moving of the Czech embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem only based on results of negotiations with
key partners in the region and in the world,” it added.
Trump had earlier on Wednesday announced that the United States
officially recognized the city of Jerusalem as the capital of the State
of Israel and announced that the American embassy in Israel would be
relocated to Jerusalem.
"After more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to a
lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. It would be
folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce
a different or better result," Trump said.
"Therefore, I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
The Czech Republic is one of Israel's strongest allies. Its
predecessor state, Czechoslovakia, was one of 33 countries to vote in
favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan recommending the establishment of a
Jewish state, and was among the first countries to recognize the State
of Israel.
Czechoslovakia also supported the beleagured new Israeli state with
critically needed arms. Relations were cut off during most of the years
of Communist rule, but were re-established after Czechoslovakia's split
into two countries.
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