Overview
- A trilateral meeting in New York led by U.S. UN ambassador Mike Waltz produced a joint statement in which Israel and Morocco agreed to raise their liaison missions to full embassies and exchange ambassadors.
- The countries committed to expand direct flights and to complete investment-protection and double-taxation pacts by the end of 2026, with carriers and draft measures already under discussion.
- The joint statement restated U.S. and Israeli recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and support for Rabat’s autonomy proposal as the basis for resolving the dispute.
- Officials said practical steps will follow soon but gave no dates for ambassador appointments or formal embassy openings, leaving implementation timing and logistics unresolved.
- The upgrade builds on the 2020 Abraham Accords framework and could deepen trade, tourism and security ties between the two states while prompting continued criticism from Palestinian leaders and regional opponents.