The Speaker of the Romanian Senate has called off his trip to Morocco at the demand of the Speaker of the North African country’s parliament on the backdrop of the Romanian Prime Minister’s recent decision to transfer the embassy of the European country in Israel to Jerusalem. Călin Popescu Tăriceanu was scheduled to visit the kingdom 27-31 March for official meetings with the speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan Parliament in the framework of the Moroccan-Romanian parliamentary friendship group. The United States and Guatemala officially moved their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May last year. The move was condemned by the international community, while the Palestinian leadership cut off its contacts with Washington. Both King Mohammed VI and King Abdullah rejected the embassy transfer, emphasizing the status of the city as the future capital of the Palestinian state.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 28, 2019 14:15 UTC