Counterterrorism: Morocco committed to effectively contribute to GCTF efforts

New York (UN) - Morocco, a founding member of the Global counterterrorism forum (GCTF ), "fully endorses this approach" and will continue to effectively contribute to the achievement of the forum's objectives, said Tuesday in New York minister delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation M'Barka Bouaida.

The minister, who was speaking during the 5th ministerial meeting of the Forum held under American/Turkish co-chairmanship on the sidelines of the 69th UN General Assembly, said that the Kingdom together with the Netherlands launched during the second meeting of the Forum a joint initiative on "foreign terrorist fighters" at a time when this threat was starting to rise in the context of the Syrian crisis.

Following meetings of experts in The Hague, Marrakech and Abu Dhabi, Morocco and the Netherlands presented Tuesday to the Forum "The Hague-Marrakech Memorandum on Good Practices" for a more effective reaction to the issue of foreign terrorist fighters, Bouaida added.

Morocco, which has been directly affected by this phenomenon, continues to deploy and adapt its national plans to fight against foreign terrorist fighters on the basis of its National counterterrorism strategy, the Moroccan diplomat stressed.

Bouaida further noted that Rabat will provide an effective contribution to the initiative for the establishment of a platform for strengthening informal judicial cooperation and coordination in the Sahel and the Maghreb in order to better respond to terrorist and criminal activities in the region.