Posted on 08/12/21
| News Source: i24
Israel's President Isaac Herzog invites King Mohammed VI to visit the Jewish state
Israel officially opened a liaison office in Morocco on Thursday on the sidelines of a visit by its foreign minister after relations with the North African country were normalized last year.
"Historic moment: we have inaugurated the Israeli representation in Morocco during a solemn ceremony," Israel's Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid wrote on Twitter.
Lapid's visit represents the first time Israel's top diplomat arrives in the North African kingdom since 2003, after the two countries agreed last year to resume diplomatic relations under a US-brokered deal, part of the historic Abraham Accords.
The office was opened in a low-key ceremony in the capital Rabat, in the presence of Morocco's minister for African affairs, Mohcine Jazouli.
Lapid also wrote that President Isaac Herzog invited King Mohammed VI to visit Israel, in a letter delivered to his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita.