Guatemala FM defends Israel embassy move says no reversal
Sandra Jovel
Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel  said the change amounts to "a foreign policy decision  therefore sovereign " and there is no intention to reverse it.
 Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel  answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City  Tuesday  Dec. 26  2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem  becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
 Jovel  played down a possible fallout for Guatemala's cardamom trade  for which Arab and Islamic nations are the largest buyers.  She  noted it represents just 0.37 percent of the country's GDP.
"It is not an issue that should really worry us too much "  Jovel  said.
 Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel  answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City  Tuesday  Dec. 26  2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem  becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
[TGT] said the change amounts to "a foreign policy decision  therefore sovereign " and there is no intention to reverse it.
  [TGT] answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City  Tuesday  Dec. 26  2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem  becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
  [TGT] played down a possible fallout for Guatemala's cardamom trade  for which Arab and Islamic nations are the largest buyers.   [TGT] noted  [TGT]  represents just 0.37 percent of the country's GDP.
"It is not an issue that should really worry us too much "   [TGT] said.
  [TGT] answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City  Tuesday  Dec. 26  2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem  becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)