JAKARTA - Palestinians have criticized Argentina's President Javier Milei's plans to move his country's embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

" Argentina's decision goes against international law principles and UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 478, which calls for the withdrawal of diplomatic missions from Jerusalem," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry (Kemenlu) said in a statement, Tuesday, February 13, local time, confiscated by Antara.

The ministry called the embassy relocation plan an "attack on the rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent country, recognized by Argentina and most countries in the world."

"The Palestinian state reaffirms its rejection of any actions that ignore the legal status of the occupied Jerusalem City," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said.

Last week, Milei said upon arrival in Israel that his government plans to relocate the Argentine Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is still the center of the Middle East conflict that has been going on for decades. The Palestinians confirmed that East Jerusalem - which Israel has illegally occupied since 1967 - should serve as the capital of Palestine.

Several countries have moved their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, including the US, Kosovo, Guatemala, Honduras, and Papua New Guinea.


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