Mohammed VI orders welcome for Israeli defence ministry chief in Rabat
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TSA
Amir Baram, Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, is on an official visit to Morocco from 9 to 11 November, received on royal instructions, a first. He held talks with Ahmed Berrid, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces, on acquiring Israeli defence equipment, according to official statements cited by TSA.
Amir Baram, Secretary General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, is on an official visit to Morocco from 9 to 11 November, leading a delegation. He was received "in execution of royal instructions" by Abdelatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of Defence Administration, according to official statements cited by TSA.
Amir Baram then went to the headquarters of the general staff of the Royal Armed Forces, where he held talks with Ahmed Berrid, Inspector General of the Moroccan army. The two sides discussed Morocco’s acquisition of Israeli defence equipment and technology. Israeli officials had already visited Morocco in the past two years, but this is the first time that instructions from the king have given such a visit a special character, TSA notes.
Spanish journalist Ignacio Cembrero, a specialist in the Maghreb, wrote on X that it is the first publicly announced bilateral visit since the start of the invasion of Gaza in October 2023. Two other senior Israeli officials had come in a multilateral setting: the global road safety conference and the Marrakech Airshow.
The visit comes ten days after the end of the MINURSO mandate on 31 October. It follows the Russian veto of the US resolution on the Sahara on 30 October, which prevented the extension of the UN mission.
