Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo arrives for the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana) Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo arrives for the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Samoa to Open Embassy in Jerusalem in 2026

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Jerusalem and Apia have collaborated over the years through Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV), providing training and support in areas such as energy.

By Pesach Benson, TPS

Samoa will open an embassy in Jerusalem in 2026, Samoan Prime Minister Laauli Lauatea Schmidt told Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in a phone conversation, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday.

Sa’ar invited Schmidt to visit Israel to advance preparations for the new embassy.

Saar also expressed appreciation for Samoa’s consistent support of Israel at the United Nations.

Jerusalem and Apia have collaborated over the years through Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV), providing training and support in areas such as energy.

In 2023 the two countries ratified a mutual approval-exemption agreement.

Currently, seven countries—the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Paraguay—operate full embassies in Jerusalem.

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