The Czech Republic on Tuesday reopened its honorary consulate in Occupied Jerusalem after it kept it closed for two years the CTK news agency reported.
CTK named Dan Propper a 78-year-old Israeli businessman of Czech origin as the new honorary consul.
“I see my contribution as being especially focused on economic relations because I have links to the local entrepreneurial community” Propper told the news agency.
Opened in the early 1990s the Czech honorary consulate in Occupied Jerusalem was closed in 2016 due to the death of the honorary consul.
The move comes after President Milos Zeman voiced his wish to move the Czech embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.
The Czech Foreign Ministry vowed in April that the decision to reopen the honorary consulate had “no influence on the final agreement on Jerusalem” adding that Prague “fully respects the common position of the European Union” that considers Jerusalem as the future capital of both sides.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has ruled out Zeman’s suggestion that the Czech Republic would follow the United States’ example and move its embassy to Jerusalem saying Trump’s move “is not good. You can see the reactions.”
