Morocco denies contacts with Israel

Moroccan foreign affairs and cooperation minister, Mohamed Benaissa, denied contacts between Morocco and Israel.

The minister, who was reacting to recent press reports on a possible Moroccan-Israeli meeting shortly, told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily that such a meeting "is not scheduled for the time being."

To a question whether a Moroccan-Israeli meeting would be held after the formation of the new Israeli government, Benaissa said "I don't want to be a fortune-teller."