UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson says he is “proud” to be sitting in the same room in which his predecessor penned the Balfour declaration, a document that paved the way for the creation of Israel.

Johnson wrote in an article published by The Telegraph on Sunday that the 1917 public declaration by Arthur James Balfour was “indispensable” to Israel’s creation and London was proud to mark its 100-year anniversary later this week.

“I am proud of Britain’s part in creating Israel and Her Majesty’s Government will mark the Centenary of the Balfour Declaration on Thursday in that spirit,” he wrote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due in London to attend the anniversary of the celebration.

Last week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May made similar comments about the document, pledging to mark the document’s centenary “with pride.”