Foreign minister Nasser Bourita is set to travel to Israel on official business in September to join other regional leaders in commemorating the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords’ signing.
This will be Bourita’s second visit to Israel after he attended the Negev summit in late March 2022.
Issawa Frej, the Israeli minister of regional cooperation, extended the invitation to him during a recent trip to Morocco.
During the visit, Israeli and Moroccan officials are expected to greenlight a decision to elevate Morocco’s liaison office in Tel Aviv to the rank of the embassy.
Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth says the costs of the embassy will amount to $4,150,000 and will be constructed on land owned by Israel on Rabat’s Ben Barka Street in the Souissi neighborhood.
Construction is expected to require a little over a year.
Israel opened a liaison office in Morocco in August 2021. Morocco opened a liaison office in Tel Aviv in February of the same year.
Rabat had previously announced that it was planning to open an embassy in Israel this summer.
Israel seeks to build a partnership with Morocco that would open the door for investments in Africa in the fields of energy, agriculture, and economy.
With Morocco, Israel aims to expand cooperation on matters ranging from military, politics, investment, agriculture, tourism, energy, and more, with several Israeli officials visiting Morocco in order to reach agreements in different sectors.
The strengthening of diplomatic ties between Israel and Morocco constitutes the fruit of the trilateral Abraham accords agreement signed in December 2020.
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