El Salvador–Palestine relations

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'''El Salvador–Palestine relations''' refers to the [[diplomatic relations]] between the [[El Salvador|Republic of El Salvador]] and the [[Palestine|State of Palestine]]. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centers on the history of [[Palestinian Salvadoran|Palestinian migration to El Salvador]]. There is a community of approximately 60,000–100,000 people of Palestinian origin in El Salvador.<ref name=Migration>[http://bit.ly/2WqPyrh El Salvador race coming down to two Palestinians]</ref>

==History==
Between 1892–1918, over 90 Palestinians, primarily from [[Bethlehem]], arrived to El Salvador and settled in the country. Many were escaping conscription into the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Army]] and [[World War I]].<ref name=Migration /> Over time, more Palestinians would arrive to El Salvador and work in various industries in the country. In 1933, the Salvadoran government passed a law barring further immigration from middle eastern countries to El Salvador.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2WeT433 La travesía árabe-palestina que llegó a El Salvador (in Spanish)]</ref> In 1947, El Salvador abstained from voting in the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]].

In May 2009, Salvadoran President or Palestinian origin, [[Antonio Saca]], paid a visit to the city of Bethlehem in Palestine. While there, President Saca stated that: ''Palestine must exist, but Israel must also have secure borders, that is the position that the country will continue to maintain with respect to the Palestinian people and the Jewish people.''<ref name=Saca>[http://bit.ly/2WrEdaq Saca dice que "Palestina debe existir e Israel debe tener fronteras seguras" (in Spanish)]</ref> While in Bethlehem, President Saca met with Palestinian Prime Minister [[Salam Fayyad]]. During their meeting, both leaders discussed relations between both nations and Prime Minister Fayyad thanked President Saca for his country's decision of moving the Salvadoran embassy from [[Jerusalem]] to [[Tel Aviv]] in 2006.<ref name=Saca /> During his time in Bethlehem, President Saca met with the Salvadoran community residing in Palestine.

In October 2011, Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] paid an official visit to El Salvador.<ref name=Abbas>[https://cnn.it/2WeT4A5 Abbas stumps for Palestinian statehood in El Salvador]</ref> While in El Salvador, President Abbas met with Salvadoran President [[Mauricio Funes]]. During their meeting's, President Funes stated: ''"We want to strengthen our relationship with Palestine ... and contribute to the reestablishment of talks between Palestine and Israel"''<ref name=Abbas /> President Funes officially recognized Palestine as an independent country.<ref name=Abbas /> In May 2013, El Salvador and Palestine established diplomatic relations with the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister [[Riyad al-Maliki]] to El Salvador.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Wtyktp El Salvador establece relaciones diplomáticas con Palestina (in Spanish)]</ref> In October 2018, Palestine opened a resident embassy in San Salvador and appointed an ambassador to El Salvador.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2WhaKuQ El Estado Palestino abre su embajada en El Salvador (in Spanish)]</ref>

In 2019, [[Nayib Bukele]], of Palestinian origin, was elected as [[President of El Salvador]].

==Diplomatic missions==
* El Salvador is accredited to Palestine from its embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] and maintains an honorary consulate in [[Bethlehem]].<ref>[http://bit.ly/2WpbV0z Honorary consulate of El Salvador in Bethlehem, Palestine (in Spanish)]</ref>
* Palestine has an embassy in [[San Salvador]].

==See also==
* [[Palestinian Salvadoran]]

== References ==







[[Category:Bilateral relations of El Salvador|Palestine]]
[[Category:Bilateral relations of the State of Palestine|El Salvador]]
[[Category:El Salvador–State of Palestine relations]]

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