Colombia Jerusalem embassy move rejected by Pakistan, allies
Foreign ministers from Pakistan and 18 Arab and Islamic states said Colombia’s inauguration of a mission in the contested city breaches UN Security Council resolutions and has no legal effect.
Pakistan and 18 other Arab and Islamic countries jointly condemned Colombia’s decision to inaugurate an embassy in Jerusalem.
The ministers said the move violates UN Security Council resolutions and undercuts efforts toward a two-state solution.
They called any attempt to change occupied Jerusalem’s status or treat it as Israel’s capital null, void and without legal effect.
The statement named UN Security Council Resolutions 476 and 478, adopted in 1980.
Signatories included Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and others alongside Pakistan.