Moroccan King Mohammad VI has spoken on the phone with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday evening, the Moroccan royal court announces in a statement.
Mohammad informed Abbas about his talks with US President Donald Trump on normalization with Israel and stressed his support for “the two-state solution, and his belief that negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides are the only way to reach a final, lasting and comprehensive solution to this conflict,” the statement says.
In this photo provided by the Moroccan News Agency (MAP), Moroccan King Mohammed VI, center, chats with Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to President Donald Trump, left, as crown Prince Moulay Hassan, right looks on, at the King Royal residence in Sale, Morocco, May 28, 2019. (Moroccan Royal Palace, via AP)
“His Highness, may God preserve him, told the Palestinian President that his position was unshakeably supportive of the Palestinian cause. He told the Palestinian President that he had inherited it from his father Hassan II, may God have mercy on his soul,” the statement says.
The king also invoked Morocco’s historic ties with its Jewish community in the phone call.
“The King of Morocco has a special status, and he has distinguished relations with the Jewish community of Moroccan origin, including hundreds of thousands of Moroccan Jews in Israel,” the king told Abbas, according to the statement.
Ramallah has so far issued no comment on the normalization deal or the phone call.
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