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US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared that Morocco agreed to begin normalising relations with Israel. It has become the fourth Arab country this year to join Abraham Accords and developing a primary foreign goal for Trump’s outgoing government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraced Thursday’s U.S.-brokered restoration deal with Morocco as “another glorious light of peace”, stating there would be uninterrupted flights between the nations and the occasion of diplomatic missions.
“I always considered in this peace, and now it’s occurring before our eyes. I want to thank President Trump for his excellent efforts to extend the agreement to bring peace to Israel and the Middle East,” stated the PM.
In another tweet, Trump announced that he approved a proclamation placing Moroccan supremacy over the Western Sahara region.
“Today, I approved an announcement placing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. Morocco’s serious, reliable, and practical independence proposal is the only source for a just and permanent solution for lasting peace and prosperity!” he stated.
In their first reactions to Trump’s announcement Moroccan King, Mohammed VI commended the latest normalization arrangement.
King Mohammed announced in a declaration that Morocco would take three transits in the near future to develop relations, and praised Trump for understanding Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Both countries had built low-level diplomatic relations during the 1990s during Israel’s interim peace agreements with the Palestinians; however, those ties were postponed after the eruption of the second Palestinian revolution in 2000.
The Moroccan King cited the “historical position that Morocco has performed in making the peoples of the region together and maintaining security and stability in the Middle East and given the personal ties that connect the Jewish community of Moroccan origin, including those in Israel, to the people of His Majesty the King”,
The first two Arab countries to recognise Israel were Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 and now Morocco has become the fourth country to do so.