Morocco has selected Israel’s Elbit Systems as one of the kingdom’s main weapons suppliers.

According to French newspaper La Tribune, the Moroccan army signed a contract to purchase 36 Atmos 2000 self-propelled artillery systems from the Israeli company.

Morocco and Israel signed a normalisation agreement in 2020 following negotiations overseen by then-US President Donald Trump. The move also saw the US recognising Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara region, which has been occupied by the kingdom since the 1970s.

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