CAIRO, Thursday, December 19, 2019 (WAFA) - The Council of the League of Arab States condemned today Brazil‘s opening of a diplomatic and commercial office in occupied Jerusalem.

In a statement issued after at an extraordinary session held at the level of permanent representatives in Cairo, the council slammed this measure a violation of international law and United Nations resolutions related to the legal and historical status of Jerusalem.

It considered this unilateral illegal measure as a bias move towards the Israeli occupation and in support of its illegal policies aimed at controlling occupied East Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine.

The council warned against the directions expressed by the Brazilian President and the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Brazilian House of Representatives regarding the intentions of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the occupying power, Israel, and relocating the Brazilian embassy there.

The Council also expressed its deep regret that the Brazilian government has changed its historical positions that are committed to international law and support the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

It warned that this negative change in Brazil’s foreign policy towards the just Palestinian cause would seriously harm Arab-Brazilian political, economic and diplomatic common interests.

The Arab League Council reaffirmed the intention of the member states to take the necessary political, diplomatic and economic measures to confront any decision by any country that would violate the legal status of the city of Jerusalem.

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