With regard to the decision of the United States government to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Foreign Ministry, on behalf of the Mexican government, reports that its embassy will remain in Tel Aviv, as is the case so far with all of the countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel, in accordance with the 1980 Security Council Resolution 478 and the UN General Assembly resolutions on the status of Jerusalem.
Mexico will continue to have a close and friendly bilateral relationship with Israel, as seen by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent visit, and will also continue to support the historic claims of the Palestinian people.
Mexico reiterates its firm belief that a peaceful political solution to the conflict must be reached through direct negotiations between the parties, without preconditions, that resolve the substantive issues including Jerusalem's ultimate status.
Mexico supports dialogue as the means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, based on the two-State solution, that is, the right of Israel and Palestine to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders, as agreed in the Oslo Accords and ratified by various United Nations Security Council resolutions.