Morocco News central:  Morocco, NATO made progress in deepening political dialogue, Official

Morocco, NATO made progress in deepening political dialogue, Official
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Rabat - Morocco and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) made
significant progress in deepening political dialogue, said the Organization's
Assistance Secretary General, Ambassador Dirk  Brengelmann, on Friday in Rabat
"We made progress together in our political dialogue and our practical
cooperation," Brengelmann said at a joint press  briefing with the Foreign
Ministry's Secretary General Youssef Amrani, following the end of a meeting of
the Morocco-Nato Working Group.
Brengelmann added that relations between the two parties are based on strong
foundations. "Nato appreciates Morocco's contribution to peace keeping
operations led by the Organization, such as those of the Balkans."
The NATO official also highlighted that cooperation with Morocco is extended to
crises management, scientific cooperation, and the fight against terrorism.
He also commended Morocco's contribution to the ellaboration of a  The NATO's
New Strategic Concept, adopted last November in the Organization summit in
Lisbon, recalling that Rabat hosted in 2010 a conference on the mediteranean
dialogue and The NATO's New Strategic Concept.
NATO's new partnership policy will be "more flexible and wil benefit bilateral
cooperation with Morocco, notably within the framework of a multidimentional
relation between the two parties," Brengelmann said.
On the same occasion, he congratulated Amrani for his appointment Secretary
General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).
Amrani, for his part, said the working group meeting tackled cooperation
prospects in light of the NATO's New Strategic Concept and the Organization's
new partnership policy.
The meeting, he said, examined the progress of the multidimentional relations
between the two parties and the means to reinforce political dialogue and
practical cooperation.
In this regard, Amrani voiced satisfaction with the convergence of views
concerning several issues of common concern including regional peace and
security, dialogue and practical cooperation between Morocco and NATO.
Brengelmann visit to Morocco is part of a tour that includes other countries
parties to the Mediterranean dialogue.
Source: MAP