JUJSIGALAPA (Reuters) - Honduras is considering returning its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv, a year after moving it to Jerusalem, the Honduran Foreign Ministry said. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a conservative who considered himself a close ally of Washington, moved the Honduran embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2021. The United States moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 under former President Donald Trump, reversing decades of American policy. Hernandez was extradited to the United States earlier this year on drug smuggling charges. Leftist Chiomara Castro took office as his successor in January. Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reyna said in a statement that "the issue of moving the embassy to Tel Aviv has already been discussed with President (Castro), and it is a topic that concerns her, as well as maintaining a balanced relationship with other Arab countries and Israel." Israel, which annexed the eastern part of Jerusalem after occupying the city in the 1967 war, considers all of Jerusalem as its capital, while most countries consider East Jerusalem as occupied territory. The United States, Honduras, Guatemala and Kosovo are the only countries with embassies in Jerusalem. The rest of the countries have their embassies in Tel Aviv. Reina discussed the issue in a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday in Bogota, where they were attending the inauguration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro. In the statement, Rina said that the decision to return the embassy to Tel Aviv could be taken "with the aim of restoring respect for the rules of international law demanded by the United Nations.