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Friday, August 27, 2010     INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Morocco, Spain agree to joint security outposts

CAIRO — Morocco and Spain have agreed to enhance their relations by establishing joint security outposts along their tense border.

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In mid-2010, Morocco protested the arrest of its nationals as they entered the Spanish enclave of Melila. The Moroccan response was an attempted siege of Melila, a city of 70,000 and long claimed by Morocco.

"There have been incidents, but they belong to the past," Rubalcaba said on Aug. 23.

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Officials said the two Mediterranean states have agreed to bolster border security in an effort to resolve bilateral tension. They said the first step would be the establishment of joint police stations along the Spanish enclave in Morocco.

"What we have managed to get out of these incidents is an agreement to strengthen our cooperation," Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Rubalcaba said.

Under the agreement, Morocco and Spain would cooperate in a range of security issues. They said this would include counter-insurgency as well as efforts to combat illegal migration, drug trafficking and organized crime.

A joint statement on Aug. 23 did not specify the number of joint security stations. But the interior ministers of Morocco and Spain pledged to bolster their security presence as well as coordination and cooperation.

"Regarding security cooperation, the two ministers agreed to enhance the level of cooperation between their ministries," the joint statement said. "In this respect, they agreed to revive the periodic meetings of the joint security group, set up joint police stations, increase the number of liaison officers and promote their activity."

Rubalcaba and his Moroccan counterpart, Tayeb Cherqaoui, who met in Rabat, reported cooperation in the battle against drug trafficking and plans to expand this to money-laundering and CI. They said Cherqaoui would pursue proposals for additional security cooperation in a forthcoming visit to Spain.

"The two ministers also examined means to fight the terrorist threat in their respective countries, and reaffirmed their commitment to coordinating and reinforcing their joint action to address the challenges posed by terrorism in the Sahel-Sahara region and its repercussions on all the Maghreb states and the Mediterranean basin," the statement said.



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