BRUSSELS: European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Monday advised the incoming Donald Trump administration against moving the US embassy to Jerusalem as she “worried” about a possible worldwide popular backlash.

Mogherini said the European Union delegation will keep its embassy in Tel Aviv and continue to respect United Nations resolutions opposing Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as the capital of a future state.

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