Morocco and the United States are committed to fighting terrorism, Ambassador Nathan Sales, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism, said Thursday in Rabat. “The commitment shared by the government of Morocco and the United States to fight and defeat terrorists is at the heart of a strong Moroccan-American partnership,” Sales pointed out at a press briefing following talks with Morocco’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita. The U.S. official who described his talks with Bourita as “productive”, praised the “excellent” friendly relations between Morocco and the United States and the two states’ alliance to fight terrorism at the bilateral level and also in the framework of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), co-chaired by Morocco and the Netherlands. Sales also expressed Washington’s wish to step up this cooperation further in the future.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 30, 2018 17:48 UTC