USA and Morocco agreed this Monday on the importance of continuing to closely coordinate efforts to promote peace and security in the Gaza Strip and secure the release of all hostages held by Hamas on October 7.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke today with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, about the truce agreement announced on Friday by President Joe Biden, and criticized by members of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Government. , Benjamin Netanyahu.
Blinken told Bourita that the proposal would benefit “enormously” to both Palestinians and Israelis, would allow an increase in humanitarian assistance to Gaza, the return of displaced people and international reconstruction efforts to begin, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.
The secretary of state reiterated that Hamas should accept the proposal “without forther delay”.
Hamas responded, a day after the proposal was made known, that it had evaluated it “positively”while the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said that “hope fervently” that the proposed ceasefire in Gaza “leads to an agreement between the parties for a lasting peace”.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Netanyahu on Sunday and expressed his support for the proposal, which also has the backing of the G7, the seven largest industrialized economies.
The group urged Hamas to accept the proposal to cease hostilities, which have lasted seven months. Netanyahu, who has insisted that he wants a “total victory” Regarding Hamas, he avoided committing to the truce proposal on Monday and assured that the plan is incomplete.
Miller admitted today at a press conference that although Hamas remains “a threat” for Israel’s security because it continues to launch rockets against its territory, “This situation cannot be addressed only with a military response, but a political proposal is needed.”
Blinken also expressed to Bourita his gratitude to King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s humanitarian contributions to Gaza and stressed the importance of supporting this proposal as a means to build a Middle East region. “more integrated, peaceful and stable”Miller noted.
He referred to the 40 tons of food aid sent to Gaza through an “unprecedented” land route in the middle of this month and which was achieved thanks to the good relations with Israel as a result of the rapprochement between both countries in recent years and the normalization of their bilateral relations.
With his personal resources, the Moroccan monarch took charge of a large part of the aid sent, especially that which went to babies and small children.
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Source: Gestion
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