Joint work plan of the Moroccan and Belgian police forces
The Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, paid this Thursday a working visit to Belgium at the head of a large security delegation including directors and executives of the central departments affiliated to the pole of the Directorate General of National Security and the Directorate General of National Territorial Surveillance.
This visit is part of the program of mutual meetings between the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance and his counterparts from the Federal Police and the Belgian Internal Security Service, which seeks to strengthen the mechanisms of joint cooperation in various fields of security and intelligence work.
It comes on the heels of the recent visit to Morocco by the Belgian General Coordinator of State Security, Francisca Bustin, on November 25.
A communiqué from the head of the General Directorate of National Security and the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance indicates that, during this visit, Hammouchi held working sessions and bilateral talks with Eric Snoeck, commissioner general of the Belgian Republic. Federal Police, which addressed various security issues of common interest, and discussed other emerging security threats and risks and ways to address them from a joint and collective perspective.
Discussions between the two sides also reviewed the security challenges and threats posed by terrorist groups and organized crime networks in many regions of the world, including the Sahel and Sahara region, the Middle East and Europe.
Embodying the common desire to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the field of security, the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance and the Commissioner General of the Belgian Federal Police Service signed a joint action plan that includes a bilateral work. program for the interim period 2025 and 2026 to strengthen cooperation in the field of combating organized crime and terrorism.
Coordinate efforts to process border crossing data, prosecute internationally wanted persons, as well as cooperate in the field of anti-money laundering. and confront.
Terrorist threats against sporting events
The communication indicated that the joint action plan agreed between the two parties also specified the bilateral cooperation mechanisms between the Moroccan security services and their Belgian counterparts, as well as the approved channels to facilitate the exchange of information and joint visits, in a way that ensures the effectiveness, efficiency and advancement of joint security work.
This visit embodies the strength of bilateral cooperation that brings together the Kingdom of Morocco and Belgium in various areas of security, especially in the field of the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime.
It also takes place in a context marked by the strengthening and development of the existing security partnership between the Moroccan security services and their Belgian counterparts.
The communication concludes that this visit confirms, once again,the prominent position and effective role played by Morocco in the field of international security cooperation, and also reflects the credibility enjoyed by Moroccan security teams in the eyes of their European partners, as a key player in joint efforts to maintain international security and stability.
