JERUSALEM — Israel says Morocco has agreed to upgrade diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv and appoint ambassadors.The decision is in line with the Abraham Accords, under which Morocco re-established relations with Israel in December 2020.Morocco has yet to confirm the news.The Israeli government said the two countries decided to upgrade their relations in a tripartite summit in New York on Wednesday. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar held talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the summit, hosted by US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz.Saar and 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.
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