Guatemala's President-elect Alejandro Giammattei met with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz during his visit to Israel this week and told that he plans to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist group.
Giammattei said he will implement the move once he takes office, next month.
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He further clarified that he will make sure that members of the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group will not be able to enter his country or act from within it.
"The friends of Israel are our friends and the enemies of Israel are our enemies," Giammattei said at his meeting with the Israeli minister in Jerusalem.
Katz thanked the president-elect for his warm relations with the Jewish state and for moving the Guatemalan Embassy to Jerusalem. The two concluded to deepen the cooperation and relationship between the countries, Walla News reported.
Israel's ties with Guatemala have grown closer in recent years, with the latter inaugurating its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on May 16, 2018.
It became the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States' move under the leadership of President Donald Trump, de facto recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
