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Brazil opens commercial office in Jerusalem with the intention to move Embassy

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Jerusalem, Dec 15 (EFE), (Camera: Pablo Duer).- The Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion (APEX) today opened an office in Jerusalem with the presence of President Jair Bolsonaro's son, who reiterated the controversial will of the Brazilian government to move its embassy to that city and recognize it as Israeli capital.FOOTAGE OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BRAZILIAN COMMERCIAL OFFICE IN JERUSALEM AND SOUNDBITESTRANSLATIONS: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:"We have no better friends than the people and the government of Brazil and I want them to know that they have no better friends than the people and the government of Israel. So welcome friend, this is a great day for our friendship."Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil:"And he told me that for sure, as he promised, he will move the embassy to Jerusalem. We are studying carefully, because we don't want to do as other countries did, which later went backwards, we want the transfer to Jerusalem not only to be for Brazil but to be an example for the rest of Latin America."

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