Israeli television channel 12 said that Moroccan King Mohammed VI had rejected a request to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

She added that Netanyahu asked to visit Morocco with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but the Moroccan king's refusal prevented this.

On Thursday, Pompeo held talks in Morocco with senior officials, on "developing security cooperation and countering terrorism", but he left without holding the press conference and meeting King Mohammed VI for unclear reasons.