18 countries, including Pakistan, condemn inauguration of Colombian embassy in Jerusalem

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News Desk. (2026, October 16). 18 countries, including Pakistan, condemn inauguration of Colombian embassy in Jerusalem. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2037582/18-countries-including-pakistan-condemn-inauguration-of-colombian-embassy-in-jerusalem

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Eighteen countries, including Pakistan, condemned Colombia’s decision to open its embassy in Jerusalem on Friday. The joint statement released by these nations declared that such actions have no legal validity and are against UN Security Council resolutions. These countries argue that recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital undermines efforts towards a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Colombia opened its embassy in Jerusalem on October 14, 2026, under new far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella, reversing his predecessor Gustavo Petro's decision to sever ties with Israel over the war on Gaza. De la Espriella also restored a free trade agreement between Colombia and Israel that had been terminated by Petro in 2024. This move has drawn criticism from Palestinian officials and eighteen countries, including Pakistan, which issued a joint statement condemning the action as contrary to United Nations Security Council resolutions and undermining efforts for a two-state solution. The majority of nations maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv, considering Jerusalem's status unresolved until a final Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is reached.

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📰 Colombia Opens Embassy In Jerusalem
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🔮 The vast majority of countries keep their embassies to Israel in Tel Aviv on the grounds that the status of Jerusalem will be settled in a final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
🔮 On September 18, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said Pakistan would go to “any extent” to defend the Gulf state, adding that Islamabad’s commitment to the kingdom’s security is “unconditional”. Asif has also reaffirmed that Pakistan will “practically and diplomatically” stand by Saudi Arabia against Yemen’s Houthi rebels if the situation escalates.
🔮 The statement described the development as a “historic milestone”, noting that Pakistan would return to the chairmanship for the first time since 1953.
🔮 He further stressed that “strict action would be taken against hoarding, artificial shortages and overpricing of essential commodities”, the ministry’s statement said.
🔮 The statement described the development as a “historic milestone”, noting that Pakistan would return to the chairmanship for the first time since 1953.
🔮 on Thursday announced that it was suspending all negotiations with the government, saying there would be “no talks” until a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan was arranged and information about his health was provided.
🔮 Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Mehmood Khan Achakzai warned on Wednesday that governor’s rule would be imposed next in Sindh over the “occupation of water, mines and streams”, urging the Centre to give provinces their rights and resources.
🔮 Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs393.86 per litre, while HSD will cost Rs396.65 per litre.
🔮 Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Mehmood Khan Achakzai warned on Wednesday that governor’s rule would be imposed next in Sindh over the “occupation of water, mines and streams”, urging the Centre to give provinces their rights and resources.
🔮 “He hoped that the meeting would provide a strong foundation for further expanding mutually beneficial cooperation and deepening engagement between the two brotherly countries,” the statement said.
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Colombian Israel Jerusalem Pakistan Palestinian

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Jerusalem GPE · 10× Israel GPE · 4× Pakistan GPE · 3× Palestinian NORP · 3× Colombian NORP · 2× Israeli NORP · 2× Somaliland GPE · 2× UNSC ORG · 2× Colombia GPE · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

Narrative

The statement said the development was in contravention of relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and undermined international efforts to achieve a “just and lasting peace based on the two-state solution”. “The foreign ministers reaffirmed that any measure or decision intended to alter the legal or historical status of occupied Jerusalem, or to recognise it as Israel’s capital, is null and void and has no legal effect,” the joint statement said.
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🔮 The vast majority of countries keep their embassies to Israel in Tel Aviv on the grounds that the status of Jerusalem will be settled in a final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Claims (11 extracted, 1 hedged)

Eighteen countries, including Pakistan, on Friday strongly condemned the opening of the Colombian embassy in Jerusalem, stating that any move to recognise the city as Israel’s capital had no legal effect. asserted
move → include → effect
Colombia on Wednesday officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem, joining a small group of countries including the United States in taking the symbolic step of backing Israeli sovereignty in the contested city. asserted
Colombia → open → city
The vast majority of countries keep their embassies to Israel in Tel Aviv on the grounds that the status of Jerusalem will be settled in a final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. asserted
status → keep → conflict
In a joint statement shared by the Foreign Office (FO), the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Turkiye said they “strongly condemn and express their unequivocal rejection of the inauguration by the Republic of Colombia of its embassy in Jerusalem”. asserted
they → share → Jerusalem
The statement said the development was in contravention of relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and undermined international efforts to achieve a “just and lasting peace based on the two-state solution”. “The foreign ministers reaffirmed that any measure or decision intended to alter the legal or historical status of occupied Jerusalem, or to recognise it as Israel’s capital, is null and void and has no legal effect,” the joint statement said. asserted
statement → say → effect
“This position is consistent with relevant UNSC and General Assembly resolutions, particularly Security Council resolutions 476 (1980) and 478 (1980), which reject attempts to change Jerusalem’s character or status and call on states to withdraw diplomatic missions from the city, which is part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967,” it added. asserted
it → reject → 1967
As per the joint statement, the foreign ministers called upon the Colombian government to “reconsider and reverse this decision, uphold its obligations under international law, and refrain from measures that prejudice the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to an independent and sovereign Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital”. asserted
that → call → capital
In May this year, Pakistan, along with 13 other countries, also condemned the “illegal and unacceptable step” of the so-called Somaliland opening a “purported” embassy in occupied Jerusalem, terming it an “infringement on the legal and historical status of Jerusalem”. uncertain
Somaliland → condemn → Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump, during his first term, moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognised the city as Israel’s capital. asserted
Trump → move → capital
Since Trump’s move, only a handful of small, US-aligned countries have followed suit — Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Nauru. asserted
handful → align → suit
Kosovo and Somaliland, which are not member-states of the United Nations, have also opened what they consider their embassies in Jerusalem. asserted
they → open → Jerusalem
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