Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita is preparing to visit Israel for the second time next September to celebrate the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
The minister accepted an invitation to attend the commemoration event from Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Freij when they met in Rabat this week, in order to attend an event that we will be waiting for other senior officials from the region to attend.
Freij said, according to Israeli media: “Israel and Morocco have many common characteristics that we must use to help strengthen relations between the two countries and their citizens.”
“This was the goal of my visit, during which I felt that there is a good intention in Morocco to strengthen relations and dialogue, and cooperation between the two countries, and I will work to continue them and strengthen them,” added the official.
The Israeli Minister of Justice, Gideon Saar, revealed the day before the details of his meeting with Minister Bourita, and said that his Moroccan counterpart assured him that Rabat had taken its decision to raise its diplomatic representation in Israel, during his next visit to Israel is in September.
Talking about upgrading diplomatic missions with Israel began with a statement by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, in mid-June, when he announced the imminent opening of the Moroccan embassy in Israel, during an upcoming visit to his Moroccan counterpart.
The official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted Lapid saying, during a meeting with journalists, that he expects the arrival of Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita and Emirati Abdullah bin Zayed soon to Israel, and that the two visits are likely to take place within a month or two.
The Israeli minister indicated that his Moroccan counterpart will open the Kingdom’s embassy in Tel Aviv during the upcoming visit.
Morocco, nearly a year ago, reopened its liaison office in Israel, after twenty years of closure, according to the tripartite agreement to restore Moroccan-Israeli diplomatic relations.
Bourita’s visit, which he talked about, and is expected in weeks, will be his second visit to Israel, after his first visit last March, to participate in the Negev Summit, along with the foreign ministers of the United States, the UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and Israel.
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