Morocco: The Resolve of King Mohammed Vi - Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel (Ret.)

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Last week, I read stories speculating that Morocco would be normalizing relations with Israel in exchange for a more forward leaning US statement or policy on the Western Sahara, an existential issue for the country. Secretary Pompeo was to make a two-day visit to Morocco in early December during which he would have an audience with King Mohammed VI. Some even reported that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu would accompany Pompeo on the visit.

Subsequent stories however indicated that the King, upon hearing of the Pompeo agenda and possibility of Netanyahu tagging on, rejected the idea and ended up not even meeting with Secretary Pompeo, cutting the visit short.

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