Israel reopens liaison office in Morocco
The mission's reopening comes a month after Israel and Morocco agreed to establish diplomatic and economic ties.
A month after striking a US-mediated deal to normalize relations with Morocco, Israel on Tuesday reopened its liaison office in Rabat more than 20 years after shuttering it.
“This is living proof of the changes in the region and the warm peace between us and countries in the region,” Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said.
David Govrin, who previously served as Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, is temporarily running the mission in the Moroccan capital until Israel formally appoints an ambassador.
Last month, Morocco joined Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan in moving to establish ties with the Jewish state. As part of the Trump administration-brokered Morocco deal, the United States recognized Rabat’s contested claim over the Western Sahara region.
