Cape Verde's president announces his country will no longer vote against Israel in UN
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Cape Verde, officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde, announced Wednesday that it will not be voting against Israel in the United Nations.
The announcement came following a meeting that took place between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cape Verde’s President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, who instructed his envoy in the UN that his country, an island in West Africa, would no longer be voting against Israel.
Netanyahu and Fonseca spoke two months ago in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia on the sidelines of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) conference.
Netanyahu praised the president for his decision. “I praise the decision of the president of Cape Verde. This is the result of intensive diplomatic activities by Israel in Africa,” he said.
