During this visit, conducted at the invitation of Spain’s Director General of the National Police, Hammouchi participated in bilateral meetings aimed at expanding areas of security cooperation and enhancing the exchange of expertise in various issues of common interest. He also participated in tripartite security meetings with the Director General of Spain’s National Police and the President of the German Federal Police, the DGSN-DGST hub said in a press release.
Bilateral meetings to strengthen Moroccan-Spanish security cooperation
The first part of the visit was marked by a bilateral meeting between Hammouchi and his accompanying delegation, with the Director General of Spain’s National Police, who was accompanied by the Commissioner General of Intelligence, the Commissioner General of Immigration and Borders, the Commissioner General of the Judicial Police, and the Commissioner in charge of international security cooperation.
During this meeting, discussions assessed the level of security partnership between the two countries in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and the various forms of cross-border crime, notably illegal immigration, illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances, crimes related to new technologies and sports security.
Both parties also reviewed the challenges and threats facing the two countries and ways to combat them from a common perspective.
They welcomed the level and scope of bilateral cooperation in the security field and the efficiency of the joint and simultaneous operations carried out by the Moroccan and Spanish security services, in order to neutralize the risks of terrorist organizations and extremist individuals threatening the security of the two countries. They also stressed the need and importance to consolidate this cooperation given the challenges and aspirations of the two countries.
Following this meeting, a series of thematic meetings were held with the participation of Moroccan and Spanish experts and security officials in charge of specific security departments, during which the emphasis was placed on the mechanisms for strengthening advanced collaboration between the DGST and the General Information Commission of the Spanish Police, particularly in consolidating joint cooperation in the fight against the terrorist threat and drying up sources of recruitment and indoctrination of terrorist organizations.
Moroccan and Spanish experts also discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the areas of criminal investigations, judicial police and the fight against different forms of crime threatening the national borders of the two countries, notably crimes of human trafficking, illegal immigration, drug and psychotropic drug trafficking, as well as different forms of economic and financial crimes, in addition to cybercrime affecting automated data processing systems.
In the same vein, both parties agreed to expand the scope of cooperation to intensify supervised drug delivery operations, to create joint teams to combat the various emerging criminal risks and to reflect on the creation of a joint security committee to anticipate the various security challenges related to the joint organization of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
The heads of the security cooperation hubs in the two countries also examined the mechanisms to facilitate joint security coordination, and ways to boost cooperation in the field of technical assistance and police training, as well as the evaluation of the performance of liaison officers operating in the two countries and the possibilities to develop and strengthen their roles in simplifying and accelerating cooperation between the security services of the two countries.
Tripartite Moroccan-Spanish-German Coalition to Bolster Security Cooperation
As part of this visit, a tripartite meeting was held between the Director General of Morocco’s National Security and Territorial Surveillance, the Director General of the Spanish National Police, and the President of the German Federal Police.
The tripartite meeting examined mechanisms to expand the areas of cooperation between the security services of all three countries and ways to bolster trilateral coordination in the field of technical assistance and operational security cooperation.
Discussions focused on cooperation in the field of combating terrorism and various forms of crime with cross-border dimensions, particularly human trafficking networks, smuggling of migrants and illegal immigration, organized crime gangs active in the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, money laundering, as well as emerging crimes related to cyber threats and cyber extortion.
The tripartite talks also covered the exchange of expertise, experiences and best practices to secure major sporting events and provide a safe environment for international football events’ success, particularly in light of Morocco and Spain’s preparations to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Portugal.
The three security delegations expressed common views and stressed the importance and necessity of bolstering joint cooperation in various security fields, with a view to neutralizing and preventing all the growing risks and threats at regional and international levels.
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