Romania PM says won't be moving embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds due to public opposition
'Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has dismayed Israeli officials by saying that her administration is unable to move the country’s embassy in the occupied Palestinian territories from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, noting many in Romania are opposed to the potential move.
“This is our wish, but unfortunately we do not have support from all parties as we would like,” Dancila said Thursday in a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a visit to the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Romanian premier said a real relocation of her country’s embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds would not be actually possible and her administration was simply trying to create a “platform for discussions” on the issue.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has protested a decision by Liviu Dragnea, who leads the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.
Iohannis, from Romania’s center-right, has frequently clashed with the left-wing PSD. He said after the embassy move announcement earlier this week that he had not been informed about the decision, insisting that any relocation of the Romanian embassy would be possible after a broad agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis on the status of Jerusalem al-Quds.'
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