{"id":277367,"date":"2026-09-03T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/277367\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:20:09","slug":"dr-congo-joins-countries-pledging-embassy-move-to-jerusalem-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/277367\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo joins countries pledging embassy move to Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The announcement revives a 2023 commitment by President Tshisekedi and comes as several governments signal plans to deepen diplomatic ties with Israel.<\/p>\n

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reiterated its decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the latest country to announce such plans.<\/p>\n

Following a visit to Israel by President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, both countries said in a statement on Thursday that they would take steps towards \u201cthe relocation of the embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem\u201d, AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n

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The plan dates back to September 2023, when Tshisekedi met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the DRC president announced plans to appoint an ambassador to Israel after two decades and establish an economic section of the embassy in Jerusalem while the embassy remained in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

The relationship has since expanded. Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the DRC capital, Kinshasa, in November.\u00a0Tshisekedi has spoken warmly about Israel for years, saying his support is driven by his Christian faith. He has also been eager for support from the United States, which has increasingly pressured Rwanda over armed rebel advances in the DRC.<\/p>\n

Why does the embassy move matter?<\/p>\n

The announcement comes weeks after Colombia\u2019s new hard-right president, Abelardo de la Espriella, also announced that he would move his country\u2019s embassy to Jerusalem, a sharp shift from his leftist predecessor who criticised Israel over its genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

The United States moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term. Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Papua New Guinea and Paraguay have followed.<\/p>\n

Kosovo and Somaliland, which are not UN member states, also maintain missions they consider embassies in the city.<\/p>\n

\"HundredsJewish settlers atop buildings in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City on October 9, 2025 [Gazi Samad\/Anadolu via Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Most countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel keep their embassies in the Tel Aviv area, maintaining that Jerusalem\u2019s final status should be determined through negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Israel considers the entire city its capital and has encouraged foreign governments to establish embassies there. Palestinians want occupied East Jerusalem to serve as the capital of a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n

The UN Security Council has rejected measures seeking to alter the status of Jerusalem and has called on countries not to establish diplomatic missions there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The announcement revives a 2023 commitment by President Tshisekedi and comes as several governments signal plans to deepen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[3496,18655,37,497,42],"class_list":["post-277367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-africa","tag-democratic-republic-of-the-congo","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117209676477524434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}