In what has been called theLillehammer affair, Moroccan citizen Ahmed Bouchikhi was assassinated inLillehammer in 1973 byMossad, who mistook Bouchikhi forAli Hassan Salameh. Norway reacted with judicial prosecution of Mossad operatives.[1]
TheNorwegianembassy's alleged improper sheltering of twodual-citizenship children (ofKhalid Skah and Cecilie Hopstock) during their escape in 2009, led to adiplomatic dispute between the two countries.[2] The children stayed at the embassy for three days.[3] On the following day, Norway's ambassadorBjørn Blokhus left Morocco.[4] One year after the incident, Moroccan authorities had not approved any new ambassador from Norway.[4]
