The two officials were discharged due to their failure to comply with the procedures related to domestic decision.

Their failure to abide by the decision was regarded as an attempt to harm Angola’s good name and image before the countries it enjoys a historic diplomatic ties.

In its Tuesday Edition, Angola’s State-run Newspaper alludes to the fact of Minister Counselor João Diogo Fortunato to have attended the inauguration of US Embassy in Jerusalem, with the assent of Joaquim do Espírito Santo, then director for Africa, Middle East and Regional Organisations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mirex).

US Embassy move to Jerusalem last week sparking a wave of protests and escalating violence in the Gaza Strip.

Eighty-six countries were invited to be part of inauguration ceremony, with majority having shunned the event.

Source:angop.ao/angola