The Arab League, comprising 22 member states, told Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback on relations with Arab countries, in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
The move planned by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January 1, would be a sharp turn in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state-solution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ambassadors representing Arab nations are expected to meet in Brasilia on Tuesday to discuss Bolsonaro’s plan, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to relocate the country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to an Arab diplomat who asked not to be named.