A U.S.-Israeli delegation signed an agreement with Morocco today to strengthen U.S.-backed normalization of Israeli-Moroccan relations.
The delegation, led by President Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, flew on the first direct flight between Israel and Morocco from Tel Aviv to the Moroccan capital Rabat.
Less than two weeks ago, Morocco became the third country this year, after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, to normalize relations with Israel through the good offices of the United States, and Sudan has promised to follow suit.
The U.S.-Israeli delegation met with Morocco’s King Mohammed VI at the Royal Palace and later signed a trilateral declaration praising Trump’s Dec. 10 recognition of Morocco’s “sovereignty” over the disputed Western Sahara, which is widely seen as a quid pro quo for Rabat’s resumption of relations with Israel.
Today’s declaration included a commitment to “the immediate resumption of full official Israeli-Moroccan contacts” and the parties agreed to “fully implement” their side’s commitments to the agreement by the end of January.
Kushner, who accompanied Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to a press conference in the evening, said the visit had been “very fruitful so far.
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