CAIRO: The Arab League on Thursday condemned Brazil’s opening of a trade office in Occupied-al-Quds and warned it against carrying out President Jair Bolsonaro’s pledge to move its embassy there.
The Brazilian leader has said he will follow US President Donald Trump’s controversial step of moving his country’s mission to Jerusalem, implying recognition of the hotly disputed city as the capital of Israel.
The Latin American country opened its trade mission in Occupied al-Quds on Sunday, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo, who confirmed his father was determined to carry make good on his promise.
The Arab League, after an emergency meeting called for by the Palestinians, said it sees Brazil’s "unilateral and illegitimate decision (to open the trade office) as biased towards the Israeli occupation and in support of its illegal policies".