The ministers in charge of Defense of Morocco Abdeltif Loudyi and Burkina Faso, General Kassoum Coulibaly signed this Wednesday in Rabat, Morocco, a cooperation agreement in the military field.
In execution of the Very High Royal Instructions, Mr. Abdeltif Loudyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of the National Defense Administration, received on Wednesday at the headquarters of this Administration, General Kassoum Coulibaly, Minister of State, Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs of Burkina Faso, on a working visit to the Kingdom, accompanied by a large delegation and the Ambassador of Burkina Faso accredited to Rabat.
This visit, which is part of the consolidation and diversification of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, was marked by the signing of the Cooperation Agreement in the military field between Morocco and Burkina Faso, and this, in the presence of Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the South Zone.
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Cooperation Agreement concerns in particular the areas of training, training and exercises, technical support and exchange of expertise, military health, as well as various areas of common interest.
Mr. Loudyi highlighted the Royal Initiative aimed at transforming the Atlantic coast of Africa into a pole of economic integration, an area of ??shared peace, stability and prosperity, including all the countries of the Atlantic strip of the Continent, and also facilitating access for landlocked Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean.
Mr. Coulibaly underlined the high priority nature of the partnership with Morocco, and took this opportunity to express his admiration for the various South-South cooperation initiatives of regional scope for the benefit of Africa, launched under the leadership of Sa Majesty The King, making Morocco a dynamic actor of stability, progress and peace for its neighborhood, particularly in Africa.
At the end of this meeting, the two officials demonstrated the common ambition and desire
to consolidate, in the future, their relations through the implementation of the provisions of the Cooperation Agreement in the military field signed today, reflection of the relations of friendship and mutual respect which bind the two countries.
Source: Burkina Information Agency