By Abdel Raouf Arnaout<br>
JERUSALEM (AA) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel on March 31 for a four-day visit to the self-proclaimed Jewish state, according to media reports.
The visit, which will be Bolsonaro’s first to Israel, will come one week before Knesset elections slated for April 9.
The Brazilian president’s upcoming visit has since been confirmed by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Brazil late last year, where he met with the country’s newly-elected president.
During the visit, Netanyahu called for a “new era ” in bilateral relations.
Israel is also reportedly exerting pressure on Brasilia to relocate its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
According to recent media reports, however, Bolsonaro “has yet to make a decision in this regard”.
