JERUSALEM: Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka inaugurated the country’s embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the island nation’s first resident mission in Israel.
“I’d like to acknowledge the special bond and the enduring friendship and relationship that has existed between Fiji and the State of Israel,” Rabuka said following the inauguration at a ceremony held at Israel’s Foreign Ministry in the presence of Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
Saar welcomed Fiji’s move, calling it a “bold, moral and historic decision.”
Fiji joins a small group of countries that have opened their embassies in Jerusalem, alongside the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea, while Argentina has vowed it will follow in their footsteps in 2026.
Most countries have their diplomatic seats in Tel Aviv due to the disputed status of Jerusalem, one of the most delicate issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
