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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Several Arab and regional countries have commented on the announcement by US President Donald Trump that Morocco and Israel have reached an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations.
On Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on his Facebook page: “I followed with great interest the important development regarding the Moroccan-Israel agreement to normalize relations between them under the auspices of the United States,” adding : “I appreciate this important step as it achieves more stability and regional cooperation in our region.”
On his Twitter account, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, said: “We welcome the declaration by the United States of recognition of Morocco’s fraternal sovereignty over the Moroccan Sahara and Rabat’s decision to resume the diplomatic contacts and relations with the State of Israel.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed described Morocco’s determination to establish diplomatic relations with Israel as “a sovereign step that contributes to strengthening our common quest for stability, prosperity and just and lasting peace in the region.”
Similarly, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara region and the opening of a US consulate in the city of Dakhla, saying it is “an important historical step. that improves territorial sovereignty and Moroccan rights in the Moroccan Sahara. “
The King of Bahrain also praised the announcement by his Moroccan counterpart, King Mohammed VI, to establish official contacts and diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel.
It is noteworthy that Morocco did not obtain international recognition of its sovereignty over the entire territory of the Moroccan Sahara.
The Polisario Front claims the right of the inhabitants of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence, while the late King Mohammed V declared it subject to the sovereignty of Morocco, after the “Green March” demanding the departure of Spanish forces from the region.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşolu stressed in a phone call with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, the importance of establishing relations between Morocco and Israel not at the expense of the Palestinian cause.
Turkey’s Anatolia news agency quoted Turkish diplomatic sources as saying Çavuşolu had made a phone call with Burita, hours after Rabat announced the resumption of relations with Israel.
Diplomatic sources indicated that Ihsanoglu assured Burita that “every country has the freedom to establish relations with any country it wants; as long as it is not at the expense of the Palestinian cause.”
Çavuşo أجر lu also made another contact with his Algerian counterpart, Sabri Boukadoum. While what was mentioned in the call was not announced.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that Morocco and Israel had reached an agreement to normalize relations between the two countries, coinciding with his announcement of the signing of a decree in which the United States recognized the Moroccan Sahara. as part of Morocco.
Trump said that the independence of Western Sahara, disputed between the Polisario Front and Morocco since the 1970s, is an unrealistic solution.
Morocco is the fourth Arab country to reach an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel in recent months.
Since last August, the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan have reached an agreement to establish relations with Israel.
