Gaza: Morocco welcomes truce agreement with satisfaction, stresses necessity of establishing a Palestinian State
The Kingdom of Morocco has expressed satisfaction on Thursday, November 23, 2023, following the agreement establishing a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, starting from Friday, as well as the release of some hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
The statement was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, during a joint press briefing with Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) who is currently on a working visit to Rabat.
“We have welcomed this agreement with satisfaction, hoping that the parties achieve a long and lasting ceasefire,” said Nasser Bourita.
Morocco also praises the mediation efforts made by Qatar, Egypt and the United States which led to this agreement, Bourita said, stressing0 that Morocco welcomes this important effort which resulted in this agreement that could represent an essential milestone for thinking about a lasting and verifiable ceasefire.
He recalled the repeated calls launched by King Mohammed VI, urging the conflicting parties to initiate a de-escalation process in the ongoing war in Gaza to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid and launch a process that could lead to a lasting ceasefire.
De-escalation is key to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid and facilitate relief efforts for the brotherly Palestinian people and launch a process that could lead to a lasting ceasefire, the minister insisted.
In the Middle East, Nasser Bourita affirmed, “We must move away from the logic of managing the crises and move towards the necessity of a solution based on the coexistence of two states.”
The Middle East region will not escape the logic of crises succession without recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to the establishment of their independent State.
“The escalation must stop with the consolidation of a ceasefire,” emphasized the head of Moroccan diplomacy, reaffirming the unwavering position of Morocco and of King Mohammed VI, the Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, regarding notably the opening up of prospects for peace through a genuine political process that would achieve a two-State solution, a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Al Quds as capital, living side by side with an Israeli State, and consecrate the Palestinian people’s rights.
