Report : ZAKARIYA BELLAHRACH
PhD. Geopolitics
On the diplomatic front, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, and Jordan’s King Abdullah. Additionally, presumptive incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the leaders of the majority of Accords countries.
On the commercial front, Israel and Bahrain successfully completed the first round of talks on a free trade agreement and MOUs were signed in the water, green hydrogen, research and innovation fields, among others. An event celebrating the second anniversary of the Accords was held in the United Kingdom, attended by the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
On the cultural front, Morocco became the first-ever Muslim country to inaugurate a synagogue at one of its universities, and a memorial event for the Kristallnacht pogrom was held for the first time ever in the United Arab Emirates.
The Abraham Accords Peace Institute (AAPI) made significant headway on several initiatives as well. Among other activities, a team from AAPI, together with partners from the Moroccan OCP AFRICA and the World Food Programme, traveled to Sudan and took part in site visits in order to advance AAPI’s joint agricultural venture, aimed at enhancing food security and strengthening the Accords. Former Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, joined AAPI’s Honorary Advisory Council.
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