Morocco, Israel Underscore Importance of Developing Consultation Mechanisms

Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit with his Israeli counterpart Ayelet Shaked. (MAP)
Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit with his Israeli counterpart Ayelet Shaked. (MAP)
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Morocco, Israel Underscore Importance of Developing Consultation Mechanisms

Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit with his Israeli counterpart Ayelet Shaked. (MAP)
Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit with his Israeli counterpart Ayelet Shaked. (MAP)

Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit held a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Ayelet Shaked, in Rabat on Tuesday.

The meeting was attended by senior officials from both countries’ interior ministries, as well as Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Finance Minister Nadia Fattah Alaoui and other senior officials.

According to the Ministry statement, the meeting comes in line with the Joint Declaration among Morocco, the United States and Israel, that was signed in December 2020.

It reflects both countries’ commitment to resume full official contacts between Moroccan and Israeli counterparts, the statement added.

The ministers discussed the promising prospects for bilateral cooperation.

The two sides underlined the importance of developing mechanisms for consultation on various issues of common interest.



MSF Suspends Activities at Famine-stricken Camp in North Darfur

Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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MSF Suspends Activities at Famine-stricken Camp in North Darfur

Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Medical charity MSF said on Monday that it has been forced to suspend its activities in the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan's North Darfur due to escalating attacks and fighting in and around it.
"Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital," MSF said in a statement sent to journalists.
MSF teams have this month treated 139 patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds in its field hospital, it said, amid clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan was plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare across the country.