Veteran Israeli diplomat Yoed Magen has been accredited as the new Israeli ambassador to Paraguay amid tensions between the two nations, the Paraguayan state news agency said on Wednesday.
The announcement comes after Paraguay announced last September that it was moving its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv, just months after a previous Paraguayan administration had opened the new mission.
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Israel responded by shutting its embassy in Paraguay and warning that ties between the countries would be "strained" by the decision. Its new ambassador to Paraguay will work from neighboring Argentina.
Israel had hoped to build on the momentum started by the US, Guatemala, and Paraguay, which all moved their embassies to Jerusalem in May 2018.
The government of Paraguay announced on Monday that it has designated Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist organizations in a move that was praised by Israeli officials.
