The Governments of Israel and Brazil have decided to raise their respective diplomatic missions to the status of embassies, in view of the good relations which have developed between the two states, it was officially announced here today. The Brazilian decision was conveyed to Premier David Ben Gurion last week by Brazilian Minister Nelson Tabajara de Oliviera.
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