Morocco Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks on Egyptian Troops in Sinai

Rabat - Morocco strongly condemned, on Thursday, the terrorist attacks targeting the Egyptian army in Sinai in which dozen soldiers were killed.

"The Kingdom of Morocco strongly denounces the series of terrorist attacks that targeted early on Thursday the Egyptian army near Cheikh Zuwaid in the Egyptian region of Sinai leaving dozens killed and injured," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Kingdom of Morocco offers sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to the Egyptian government and reiterates "condemnation of these cowardly acts that aim at undermining the security and the stability of the Arab Republic of Egypt and to disrupt its comprehensive development process," the same source added.

Morocco "supports the Egyptian government and people" in countering the terrorism plague which contradicts human values and the precepts of Islam, the statement concluded.