Suriname to Open Embassy in Yerushalayim

Suriname plans to open an embassy in Yerushalayim though a date is not yet set, Suniname Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin told Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at a meeting on Monday.

Suriname, located in the northern part of South America, is eight times the size of Israel, and home to approximately 650,000 residents.

The Jewish community numbers some 500 members, most of whom live in the capital city, Paramaribo. One of the community’s oldest synagogues was removed almost entire intact and shipped to Israel, where it is on display at the Israel Museum in Yerushalayim.

“During the meeting between the two foreign ministers, the Surinamese Foreign Minister announced that his country plans to soon open an embassy in Yerushalayim, the capital of Israel,” a Foreign Ministry statement announced.

“The Jews of Suriname originally came from Brazil, and even now there is a small community with very strong ties to Israel and Yerushalayim. Suriname currently has a non-resident ambassador, but we intend to change that when the Yerushalayim embassy opens,” he said.