[1] On May 10, 2013, Honduras and Palestine established diplomatic links at a ceremony in the former's capital city of Tegucigalpa, attended by the foreign ministers of both countries, Mireya Agüero and Riyad al-Maliki, respectively.
[1][2][3] Al-Maliki also met with Honduras president Porfirio Lobo at the presidential palace.
[3] The ambassador of Palestine, Mohamed Saadat, presented his credentials on September 13, 2013.
A Palestinian descendant, Carlos Roberto Flores, was elected President of Honduras in 1998.
[9] In 1947, Honduras abstained from voting on the Partition of Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly.