Defense Minister Benny Gantz will fly to visit Morocco next week, his office said today (Monday). This is the first official visit ever by an Israeli defense minister to the country.

During his visit, Ganz is expected to sign a Security Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Morocco, and meet with the Minister of Defense and the Foreign Minister.

This will be the first time Israel has signed such and agreement with an Arab country, even though Israel has peace agreements with both Egypt and Jordan for some time.