APA-Rabat (Morocco) Morocco welcomes the announcement of a truce pausing the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said in Rabat on Thursday.
The kingdom also welcomes the mediation efforts of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, which led to the agreement to suspend hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Mr. Bourita told a joint press conference with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, following their talks.
The minister stressed that Morocco was pleased with what he called the major effort that had led to the agreement, which could constitute an essential milestone for thinking about a lasting and verifiable ceasefire.
De-escalation, as emphasised by King Mohammed VI on numerous occasions, most recently at the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, is essential to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid and to form part of a process that could lead to a lasting ceasefire, added the minister.
The kingdom believes that the truce will essentially enable the delivery of humanitarian aid and facilitate relief efforts on behalf of Palestinians, he maintained.
The government official warned that the Middle East region will not be able to emerge from these successive crises unless the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state are recognised.
He stressed the need to move away from the logic of crisis management and open up prospects for peace through a genuine political process leading to a two-state solution.
This arrangement should recognise a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with Al Quds as its capital, living side by side with Israel he pointed out.
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