Israel and Morocco agree to open embassies, upgrading diplomatic ties

They also agreed to expand air travel and reinstate direct flights between both countries.

The head of the Israeli diplomatic delegation David Govrin, hanging a doorpost of the Israeli liason office in the Moroccan capital Rabat on August 12, 2021 [File: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs/AFP]

Israel and Morocco have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic ties, including elevating their respective missions to embassies and appointing ambassadors to both countries.

A meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers was hosted by the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, in New York on Wednesday.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita also agreed to advance economic and trade relations, including completing two agreements by the end of this year on investment protection and preventing double taxation.

“[The] establishment of full diplomatic, peaceful and friendly relations between Morocco and Israel is in the common interest of both countries and will advance the cause of peace,” the US mission to the UN said in a joint statement on behalf of all three countries.

The two sides also agreed to expand air travel, including by reinstating direct flights operated by carriers from both nations, and confirmed plans for high-level bilateral visits in the coming months.

The announcement comes just a day after the sixth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, an initiative spearheaded by US President Donald Trump during his first term in office. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and Kazakhstan have all joined the accords, which are aimed at normalising ties between Arab and Muslim-majority countries and Israel.

双方还同意扩大航空旅行，并恢复两国之间的直航。

2021年8月12日，以色列外交代表团团长戴维·戈夫林在摩洛哥首都拉巴特为以色列联络处安装门柱。[图片来源：以色列外交部/法新社]

以色列和摩洛哥已同意提升外交关系，包括将各自的使团提升为大使馆，并向两国任命大使。

周三，两国的外长在纽约举行会晤，美国常驻联合国代表迈克·沃尔兹主持了此次会晤。

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以色列外交部长吉迪恩·萨尔和摩洛哥外交部长纳赛尔·布里塔还同意推进经济和贸易关系，包括在今年年底前完成两项关于投资保护和防止双重征税的协议。

美国常驻联合国代表团代表三国发表联合声明称：“摩洛哥和以色列建立全面、和平、友好的外交关系符合两国的共同利益，并将促进和平事业。”

双方还同意扩大航空旅行，包括恢复两国航空公司运营的直飞航班，并确认了未来几个月进行高层双边访问的计划。

就在《亚伯拉罕协议》签署六周年纪念日的第二天，这项声明发布了。《亚伯拉罕协议》是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在其第一任期内发起的一项倡议。阿拉伯联合酋长国、巴林、摩洛哥、苏丹和哈萨克斯坦都加入了该协议，其目标是实现阿拉伯和穆斯林占多数的国家与以色列之间关系的正常化。