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Israel–Uruguay relations are foreign relations between Israel and Uruguay. Uruguay was the first South American country to recognize Israel.
On 29 November 1947, Uruguay voted in favor for the
History
On 29 November 1947, Uruguay voted in favor for the Partition of Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Re ...
which led to the creation of the State of Israel. In May 1948, Uruguay recognized the State of Israel and established diplomatic relations. In 1948, future Israeli President Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Rachamim Navon ( he, יצחק נבון; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left ...
headed a diplomatic delegation to Uruguay.
In May 1986, Uruguayan President Julio Maria Sanguinetti Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to:
*Julio (given name)
*Julio (surname)
*Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
paid an official visit to Israel, becoming the first Uruguayan head of state to do so. During his visit to Israel, both nations signed agreements in the fields of social security, investments and medical and veterinary care. In August 2008, Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez paid an official visit to Israel. During his visit to the country, both nations signed an agreement to promote industrial research and development. In 2010, Israel signed a Free Trade Agreement with Mercosur (which includes Uruguay).
In 2016, the Israeli embassy in Montevideo transferred supplies to aid flood victims in Uruguay, where more than 13,000 people were displaced.
Uruguay maintained an embassy in Jerusalem from 1954 to 1980.
On 29 September 2020, Uruguay fired one of its top diplomats after UN Watch exposed the country’s vote for a UN resolution that singled out Israel alone in the world for supposedly violating women’s rights. Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo
Francisco Carlos Bustillo Bonasso (born April 1, 1960) is a Uruguayan diplomat, serving as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay since July 6, 2020.
Bustillo entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay by merit competition on January ...
declared that his country’s UN vote against Israel was a “circumstantial error,” and removed the foreign ministry’s director-general of political affairs, Ambassador Pablo Sader, and that Uruguay’s “foreign policy will keep its historical stance to defend the rights of Israel.”
Resident diplomatic missions
* Israel has an embassy inMontevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
.
* Uruguay has an embassy in Tel Aviv.
See also
* Foreign relations of Israel *Foreign relations of Uruguay
This article deals with the diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of Uruguay. At the political level, these matters are officially handled by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, also known as ''Cancillería'', which ans ...
* History of the Jews in Uruguay
The history of the Jews in Uruguay ( es, judeouruguayos) dates back to the colonial empire. Perhaps the most important influx of Jewish population was during the 20th century, due to World War I and World War II. Uruguay's Jewish community ...
* Uruguayan Jews in Israel
References
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