Morocco to Open Embassy in Tel Aviv, Strengthening Israel Ties

Contrary to the information disseminated by certain media, Morocco will open an embassy in Tel Aviv and not in Jerusalem, a high-ranking source within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad told Le Desk. The decision to open an embassy in Israel was announced during the historic visit of Yair Lapid, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Morocco on August 11 and 12.

"First of all, I would like to thank King Mohammed VI and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita for the warm welcome we received. Following our visit to Morocco, we have decided, together with the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to raise the level of diplomatic relations with the kingdom and to transform the two liaison offices into two embassies within two months," the head of Israeli diplomacy said at a press conference in Casablanca.

Yair Lapid paid a two-day working visit to Morocco this week, during which he inaugurated the Israeli diplomatic mission in Rabat. Three new agreements strengthening bilateral cooperation in the political, cultural, youth and sports, and air services fields were also signed.