Brazil is to open a trade mission in Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim high-tech park, Israeli officials said Monday.
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, which operates under the auspices of the country's foreign ministry, is set to open the mission on Dec. 15, but the facility will not have diplomatic status.
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The mission will launch its operation with a visit from a group of senior Brazilian lawmakers, headed by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and an avid Israel supporter.
"The good relations between Israel and Brazil will be underscored by the upcoming visit of a delegation from the foreign affairs committee of the Brazilian congress, which is headed by Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of the president [Jair Bolsonaro]," Modi Ephraim, head of the the Latin America Division at the Foreign Ministry, said in a statement.
Honduras, another Latin American country, is reportedly engaged in "advanced talks" to move its embassy in Israel from Rishon Lezion, a city south of Tel Aviv, to Jerusalem, another Foreign Ministry official said.
The talks are said to be nearing their final stages, with an official cited by the newspaper as saying that the move could come as early as the next few weeks.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
