US President Donald Trump on Friday obtained Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official instructed Reuters.
In a non-public Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who’s Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, gave Trump the Order of Muhammad, an award given solely to heads of state. It was a present from Morocco’s King Mohammed VI.
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz obtained different awards for his or her work on the Israel-Morocco deal, which was reached in December.
The United States within the final 5 months helped dealer offers between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. The agreements are geared toward normalizing relations and opening financial ties.
Trump, who leaves workplace on Wednesday, has drawn some criticism over the Morocco settlement as a result of to seal the deal, he agreed that the United States would acknowledge Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Western Sahara has been the location of a decades-old territorial dispute between Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway motion that seeks to ascertain an unbiased state within the territory.
The Kushner workforce had been engaged on reaching extra agreements between Israel and the Arab world. But time has run out and no extra are anticipated earlier than Trump’s departure.
Media weren’t allowed to witness the award ceremony. Trump has been limiting his public appearances since dropping the election on Nov. 3.
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