Morocco Urges ’New Regional Order’ as Abraham Accords Mark First Anniversary

In addition to Bourita, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel, participated in this virtual meeting organized by the US State Department. On this occasion, the Moroccan minister urged his peers to take courageous actions to "go further and see bigger". For Bourita, the resumption of relations with Israel is a major act that opens "the way to an unprecedented momentum", stressing that the USA-Morocco-Israel agreement, signed last December, "constitutes the foundation of this renewed relationship".

And the Moroccan diplomatic chief to hail the central role of the United States as the "guarantor of this process", welcoming the many actions undertaken since the signing of the trilateral agreement. Bourita cites, among other things, more than 20 agreements concluded in various fields, the opening and operation of diplomatic representations, the creation of a platform for dialogue and cooperation involving five sectoral working groups, the launch of about twenty flights operated by two Israeli airlines.

Aware that everything is not yet won, Bourita did not fail to share the challenges of the moment, which consist in preserving and improving the restoration of Moroccan-Israeli relations, highlighting the benefits of regional peace and security on human relations and on business opportunities, reviving the peace process, working to contain with "vigilance and solidarity" the discontent born of this normalization.

What about the revival of the peace process? There is no other alternative to a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state within the June 1967 borders, Bourita said firmly, reiterating the Kingdom’s attachment to the status of Al Quds, a common heritage of humanity and a symbol of peaceful coexistence for the followers of the three monotheistic religions.

Finally, the minister called for a new "regional order", with Israel as a stakeholder, rather than an "outsider in its own region". This involves "an updated joint assessment, but also on how to generate opportunities that foster stability and development for all," concluded the Moroccan diplomatic chief.