Head of Morocco’s intelligence services receives CIA chief

RABAT – Morocco’s Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, received Friday at his office in Rabat, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns.

This meeting, which is part of the bilateral meetings between the two parties, was an opportunity to follow up on the implementation of the outcomes of the working visit made by Hammouchi to the United States on June 13 and 14, 2022, during which he met with the Director of US national intelligence Avril Haines, William Burns and the Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray, said a statement by the DGST.

During this meeting, bilateral talks focused on the assessment of the security situation and risks associated with it at the regional level, and the review of threats and security challenges arising from the tense situation in some parts of the world, in addition to monitoring and anticipating threats from terrorist organizations, especially in the Sahel-Saharan region, said the same source.

This visit, which attests to the strength and depth of the strategic cooperation and coordination in the fields of security and intelligence between the DGST and the CIA, confirms yet again the common will of both parties to strengthen this cooperation even further, and consolidate bilateral coordination in the fight against terrorism and various threats to security at the regional and international levels, concluded the statement.