US President Donald Trump told the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a phone call Tuesday that he intended to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Abbas’s office said.

Trump “informed the president (Abbas) on his intention to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds (Jerusalem),” a statement from the Palestinian presidency said.

It was not clear from the statement if Trump planned to move the embassy immediately or at some point in the future, with no further details provided.

Source: AFP