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Senior Adviser to the President of the United States Jared Kushner expressed, on Tuesday in Rabat, his gratitude to King Mohammed VI for his visionary leadership, which places Morocco and the entire region on a very promising trajectory.
«I am particularly grateful to HM King Mohammed VI for his visionary leadership, which places Morocco and the entire region on a very promising trajectory», Kushner said during a pressbriefing.
He recalled that the Kingdom and the US are the «oldest and closest» partners of the United States, adding that the two countries, which have just celebrated the 243rd anniversary of the recognition of the United States by the Kingdom in 1777, maintain relations which are «more solid than ever».
«We will never forget that Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States», he said.
Kushner noted that each of the American administrations, since that of President Bill Clinton, has affirmed its support for Morocco's «serious, credible and realistic» initiative for autonomy in the Sahara.
By announcing his recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara, President Donald Trump «rejects the status quo which benefits no one, and chooses to move towards a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, a solution that makes sense and which is more likely to improve people's daily lives», Kushner stressed.
«Real autonomy is the only feasible option», he said, reiterating his country's call on all parties «to work constructively with the United Nations in order to move forward in the negotiation process».
The senior official said that he waits «impatiently» for the opening of an American consulate in Dakhla «to further advance diplomatic efforts and reap the fruits of Morocco's tangible efforts in favor of the Southern Provinces and beyond».
It is high time to place the whole region and its peoples on a «path of real transformation towards greater peace, stability and prosperity».
Meir Ben-Shabbat, National Security Adviser of the State of Israel, expressed, on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his «deep esteem» to King Mohammed VI for his «courageous leadership and enlightened vision», saying that he is «proud to be in the Kingdom along with an official Israeli delegation to establish relations with Morocco».
He said he was convinced that the «links between the Royal Palace, and in fact all Moroccans, with the Jews of Morocco will constitute a bridge between the two countries, and one of the foundations of peace between the two peoples».
