Yair Lapid, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, met on Wednesday, August 11 in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita as part of a two-day visit. The latter affirms that there are promising prospects for cooperation between the two countries.
The Justice and Development Party (PJD) boycotted the visit of Yair Lapid, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Islamist party once again displayed its opposition to the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel.
Yaïr Lapid, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, is visiting Morocco on Wednesday and Thursday, where he will inaugurate the Israeli diplomatic mission. In a message, he saluted King Mohammed VI for "his courage and vision".
The head of government, Saâdeddine El Othmani , who is also the secretary general of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), has apparently still not digested the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. He refuses to meet the Israeli Foreign Minister, Yaïr Lapid, who is currently on an official two-day visit to the kingdom.
Yaïr Lapid, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, is expected in Morocco this Wednesday, August 11 for a two-day working visit. On the agenda of this visit, the signing of three cooperation agreements, and the inauguration of the Israeli diplomatic mission in Rabat.
The Israeli Minister of Economy, Orna Barbivai, will travel to Morocco in the coming days for a working visit. She will be at the head of a large delegation of businessmen and industrialists.
Eyal David, Deputy Ambassador of Israel in Nairobi, will soon travel to Morocco , where he has been appointed number 2 of the Israeli embassy in Rabat.
The national airlines Royal Air Maroc and Air Arabia will launch their first direct flights to Israel in October. This announcement was made by David Govrin, head of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat.
Moroccan Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui spoke by phone on Friday, August 6 with her Israeli counterpart Yoel Razvozov. They discussed opportunities for cooperation between Morocco and Israel.
Moroccan and Israeli authorities are working to prepare the first official visit to Morocco of Yaïr Lapid , Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is expected in the kingdom on August 11, where he will proceed to the inauguration of the Israeli diplomatic mission.
After the Israeli airlines El Al and Israir, it is now the turn of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and Air Arabia to launch flights between the kingdom and the Hebrew state. The launch will take place in early October.
The launch of direct flights between Morocco and Israel is not to the liking of thousands of Moroccan activists. They have launched a campaign on social media to condemn this decision.