Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, during his participation in the ministerial conference organized virtually by the US State Department to commemorate the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, invited senior Israeli officials to visit Rabat.
The former Deputy Ambassador of Israel to Nairobi, Eyal David, now Deputy to David Govrin, is officially in post at the Israel liaison office in Rabat .
The State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken will virtually convene his counterparts from Israel and Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Friday, September 17, for the first anniversary of the normalization of their relations.
Following the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel in December last year, trade exchanges have increased between the two countries. This is indicated by data from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
The Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani , comments on the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. He states that "the homeland comes before the party".
Joseph Oded, Israel’s ambassador to Kenya, believes that the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and the Hebrew state is a "natural" decision due to the cultural and historical ties between the two countries, through the large Jewish community of Moroccan origin.
Relations between Morocco and Israel are further strengthening. The kingdom has associated the Hebrew state with its Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing projects.
Hassan Kaabia, spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says that the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, will travel to Israel in the coming days to open the liaison office in Tel Aviv. An office that will then be transformed into an embassy.
Ram Ben Barak, former No. 2 of the Mossad, also president of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset, made revelations about the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel on the sidelines of the historic visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister .
Morocco and Israel have decided to transform their liaison offices into official embassies within two months. The kingdom has already chosen the city where its embassy will be located.
Seven months after the normalization of their relations, Morocco and Israel are moving the lines. In Rabat, the two parties have signed three new agreements aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in the political, cultural, youth and sports, and air services fields, marginalizing BDS Morocco.
During his historic visit to Morocco, the Israeli Foreign Minister handed a letter from Israeli President Isaac Herzog to his counterpart Nasser Bourita expressing his wish to meet King Mohammed VI "soon".