Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met secretly with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last September, according to Channel 13 Television.
Citing a senior Israeli official, the station reported that Netanyahu expressed his desire for normalization of relations, and asked about the possibility of a visit, such as his recent trip to Oman. They also discussed the struggle against Iran in the wake of Morocco having deported Iran's ambassador.