Zionist entity, Morocco sign security agreements
WORLD, Aug. 13 (YPA) – A few weeks after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of justice, the Israeli occupation entity and Morocco agreed to advance extradition agreements and joint efforts against crime and terror during Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai’s five-day visit to Rabat last week, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.
Unofficial sources revealed that the Zionist police chief secured several understandings with Morocco on the war against crime and terrorism, including information and technology sharing, as well as the extradition of Israeli lawbreakers who escape to the North African country, according to the Ynet news site.
The report did not go into detail about the specifics of the agreements, but said that they included steps not part of previously signed deals between the countries.
During his visit, Shabtai met with the head of Morocco’s intelligence service Abdellatif Hammouchi, as well as other senior police and security officials.
He also paid a visit to the Jewish community in the city of Marrakesh, where he lay tefillin (phylacteries used for weekday Jewish morning prayers) at the city’s great synagogue.
Israel Directorate General of National Security said in an official statement last Thursday that Shabtai’s visit aimed “to share experiences and expertise in various security fields, particularly in the areas of combating terrorism and various forms of transnational organized crime.”
The Israeli-Moroccan understandings come in the context of the two countries intensifying their cooperation since the resumption of diplomatic relations in late 2020 under a tripartite agreement that also provided for the United States to recognize Rabat’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, disputed with the Algerian-backed Polisario Front.
Last month, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi paid a visit to Morocco, which included talks on joint ventures in the defense industries, and military and intelligence cooperation.
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