Morocco, Israel to enhance security cooperation
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel and Morocco have agreed to enhance bilateral security cooperation.
Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai met Morocco’s Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance Abdellatif El Hammouchi in the capital Rabat on Friday, and agreed to promote security cooperation to serve mutual interests, according to an official statement by Morocco.
Shabtai’s 5-day visit to the North African country, which started on August 1, aims to exchange expertise in the field of counter-terrorism and cross-border organized crimes, it added.
The police chief also recently visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote bilateral security cooperation.
Israeli army Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi and other top officials have visited Morocco since it normalized relations with Tel Aviv in 2020 after UAE, Bahrain and Sudan- a move decried by Palestinians as a “stab in the back.”