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Djibouti–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations betweenDjibouti andPalestine.
Ruwaid Abu Amsha is the ambassador of Palestine to Djibouti.[1] There is a Palestinian embassy inDjibouti Ville, Djibouti.[2][3] Djibouti supports ending the Israel-Palestine conflict through the implementation of thetwo-state solution.[4]
Djibouti and Palestine established ties on 13 June 1978.[5]
Djibouti criticized presidentDonald J. Trump for recognizingJerusalem as the capital of Israel and it said it supportedEast Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian State.[6]
PresidentIsmail Omar Guelleh said in 2020 Djibouti will not establish ties with Israel until theIsrael-Palestine conflict is resolved.[7] Citizens of both countries are able to travel to both countries.[7]Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, foreign minister of Djibouti, confirmed this again in March 2023.[8]
Kamil Abdallah Gazaz, the ambassador of Palestine to Djibouti was given the Officer of the National Order medal by the government of Djibouti.[9] During theGaza war, Djibouti referred the war to theInternational Criminal Court.[10] It blamed Israel for the outbreak of recent hostilities due to its treatment of Palestinians.[11] Japan used its base in Djibouti to evacuate citizens from the war.[12] Hamas praised Djibouti for taking a stance in favor of Palestine.[13]
At the emergency meeting of theArab League and theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation held inRiyadh in November 2023, Djibouti—along withEgypt,Jordan, theUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Sudan,Morocco,Mauritania andSaudi Arabia—voted against adopting the measures to stop Israeli air traffic over the skies of the Gulf, prevent the US Air Force to deliver arms to Israel through air force bases in the Gulf region, and cut back oil sales to the US over Washington's support for Israel.[14] Djibouti had reservations about the United States ledOperation Prosperity Guardian to prevent attacks on Israel linked ships by theHouthis.[15]
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