U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a joint press conference in the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

-- As part of the Israel-Morocco nomalization deal, the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory.

-- Israel and Morocco will open liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv and begin direct flights, according to Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10  -- Israel and Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations as U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory.

"Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations - a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East!" Trump tweeted on Thursday.

As part of the deal, Trump announced that the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory.

The White House said that Trump and Moroccan King Mohammed VI had a phone conversation earlier in the day, in which Trump "reaffirmed his support for Morocco's serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory and as such the President recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory."