Guatemala is set to open its embassy in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning two days after the US moved its mission to the holy city sparking high tension across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in Israel on Tuesday ahead of the opening of his country’s embassy in Occupied Jerusalem.

Morales is expected to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who will attend the opening of the embassy on Wednesday.

Guatemala will be the second country to open an embassy in Jerusalem after the United States which relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday.

On Monday at least 60 Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured in protests marking the Nakba anniversary and the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Occupied Jerusalem.

Angry with the Israeli brutality and killings against Gaza protesters Turkey recalled its ambassador from Israel and the U.S. South Africa also recalled its envoy from Israel.

Since the Great March of Return protests began on March 30 hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators have been killed and hundreds injured by cross-border Israeli gunfire.

Guatemala has started procedures to move its embassy in Israel to Occupied Jerusalem at the Malkha Technology Park in a move set to flame tensions across the occupied Palestinian territories Haaretz reported on Wednesday.

According to Haaretz the official ceremony celebrating the move will take place on May 16 after the U.S. relocates its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem with the likely attendance of Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the move and welcomed Guatemala to Occupied Jerusalem.

“I was moved to see the flag of Guatemala waving in Jerusalem in advance of the opening of the Guatemalan embassy later this month. Dear friends welcome back to our eternal capital” Netanyahu said.

Political sources in Romania the Czech Republic Paraguay and Honduras were quoted in recent months as saying that their countries are also considering moving their embassies to Occupied Jerusalem but such a move has yet to take place.

Jimmy Morales president of Guatemala first announced the move in a speech at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington this March saying they would move their embassy two days after the U.S. moved theirs.

Netanyahu met with Morales during AIPAC where he thanked the Guatemalan president for recognizing Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the self-proclaimed Israeli state.

Guatemala was one of seven states that voted with the U.S. in a UN vote to recognize Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel along with Honduras the Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Palau and Togo.

Guatemala’s embassy relocation is set to spark widespread condemnation and escalate protests by the Palestinians who consider Jerusalem as their undivided and eternal capital.