1.   This obligation to maintain visiting embassies was a mutual one, however.

2.   However, other nations have continued to maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.

3.   In his travels, he found that North and South Korea maintained embassies in the same nations.

4.   The United States maintains no embassy in Somalia and portions of the East African country are said to be off-limits for travel by non-Muslims.

5.   The U.S. does not maintain an embassy in Cuba.

6.   The US maintains no embassy in Dushanbe.

7.   Only El Salvador and Costa Rica maintain embassies in Jerusalem, which both Israel and the Palestinians claim as their capital.

8.   All but a handful of Central American states refuse to recognize Israeli sovereignty here, and maintain embassies in Tel Aviv instead.

9.   American and British diplomats are not expected to take part since neither country maintains an embassy in Baghdad.

10.   All but a handful of Central American countries maintain embassies in Tel Aviv.