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HISTORICAL FACTS: Suriname backtracks on building jerusalem embassy - Caught on Camera

Suriname's President Chan Santokhi has said the country does not have the funds to build an embassy in Israel, which was slated to be located in Jerusalem [File: Lauren Justice/Reuters]

The president of Suriname has backtracked on a controversial pledge to build an embassy in Jerusalem, citing budget constraints.

The South American country would have followed the United States, Honduras, Guatemala and Kosovo by locating its embassy in Jerusalem, decisions that have enraged Palestinians, who have long considered occupied East Jerusalem the capital of their future state.

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