Brussels – Cooperation between Moroccan security services and their European counterparts has foiled several terrorist attacks in Europe, Director of the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judiciary Investigations (BCIJ), an arm of the General directorate of national territory, Abdelhak Khiame, said.
“Several attacks that were about to be committed in European countries, notably in France, Spain and Belgium, have been foiled through an exchange of important information between Moroccan security services and their European counterparts”, Khiame said in an interview published Monday by Belgian newspaper “La Dernière Heure”.
BCIJ Director stressed that Morocco never holds information which is of paramount importance for the security of other countries, noting that the Kingdom defends the security of its European partners and neighbors because its security depends on their security.
To illustrate the “effectiveness” of cooperation between Moroccan and European security services, he cited the dismantling of a terrorist cell in Verviers (southern Belgium) and the localization of the main suspect in Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thanks to the information provided by the Moroccan authorities.
The Belgian paper presents Morocco as a country at the forefront of the fight against terrorism with one of the best intelligence services in the world.
“Known to have one of the best intelligence services in the world”, Morocco is “more than ever at the forefront of anti-terrorism efforts”, the daily writes, adding that the North African country “has provided crucial information to help some European countries track down run-away terrorists following Paris attacks”.
“La Dernière Heure” noted that “it is not by chance” if the French President François Hollande received King Mohammed VI and King Philip of Belgium had a telephone conversation with the Sovereign in the wake of Paris attacks.
Morocco has provided vital information to help European countries track down the run-away terrorists following Paris attacks, reported the daily.
With MAP
