the Faroe islands are working hard to place a ambassadelignende representation in Israel and at the same time recognize Jerusalem as the israeli capital.
It informs the faroese minister for foreign affairs, Jenis av Rana, according to Politiken.
Thus goes the Faroe islands, which is part of the Danish realm, apparently against the line, as prime minister, Mette Frederiksen (S) set, when she recently visited the country.
Here she said to the faroese media, KVF, in the question of Israel ‘, we follow in the commonwealth, the european line’. ‘It means that the representations in my eyes to be in Tel Aviv.
nevertheless, it confirms the faroese minister for foreign affairs, that he is still working at full pressure in order to perform the Jerusalem plan.
In the first place, the upcoming budget to allocate money to the plans.
– We have requested money for, that we can open in september or October 2020, he explains to Politiken.
– It is the de facto recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, he adds.
the Minister of foreign affairs justifies the faroese wish, that christianity is very strong on the Faroe islands, and the Faroe islands loves Israel’.
– There is probably 90 percent of those I meet who says to me, that it with the embassy you must stick to, says Jenis av Rana.
Frederiksen earlier in the year spoken to give both Greenland and the Faroe islands greater leeway in foreign policy ‘, among other things, on some of the areas where we do not necessarily agree completely’.
Jenis av Rana believes that the case can test the Frederiksen’s desire for greater foreign policy latitude.
– It is an option, she has to show what she thinks of the government’s new policy. We are very excited.
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