Rabat – Morocco and the USA are moving on all levels, including military cooperation.
A opinion The agency of the defense security cooperation announced on Wednesday that the US Foreign Ministry approved a potential military sale of foreign military to Morocco worth around 825 million dollars.
The purchase request in Morocco comprises 600 FIM-92K Stinger Block I-Rakets, in addition to contractor engineering, logistics and technical support services.
The RTX Corporation will act as the main contractor together with Lockheed Martin.
“As a result of this proposed sale, it will not have a disadvantageous effects on the willingness of the US defenses,” said the agency for cooperation between the US defense security.
The agency for the security cooperation announced that it had delivered the necessary certification, with the congress being informed about the possible sale, and added that this deal aimed at supporting foreign policy and national security in order to improve the security of a large non-Nato ally.
In the declaration, Morocco was also referred to as “important strength for political stability and economic progress in North Africa”. The North African country aims to use the defense articles to modernize its armed forces and to expand the spectrum of air defense options of its existing army.
“This will help to update the goals of the Moroccan army and to further improve interoperability with the USA and other allies,” said the explanation that Rabat has no difficulty to involve these equipment in their armed forces.
Bobby Dixon, a lieutenant, who acts as a public matters at the US Africa Command (Africom), recently praised the military deal between the two countries and was satisfied with the continued strengthening of bilateral relationships between the two countries.
“Nice to see this !! Morocco and the United States have a great relationship that has been declining for centuries!” he said in an official explanation.
Strategic timing
The time of the announcement reflects the statement from the two countries to further increase cooperation at all levels.
On April 8th Marco Rubio the US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio transmitted This determination during a meeting with the Moroccan Minister of Enterprise Nasser Bourita, who visited Washington last week.
During his visit, Rubio and Bourita confirmed the strong US Morocco partnership and their contribution to promoting peace and security. The two officials also discussed the cooperation in order to further expand the commercial cooperation and bilateral relationships.
The secretary also confirmed the fundamental and unshakable support of the United States for the territorial integrity of Morocco and sovereignty About its southern provinces.
The US aspirations of Algeria’s enemy efforts against Morocco said that real autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty was the only feasible Solution To end them dispute About Western Sahara.
Morocco’s military skills
In recent decades, Morocco has modernized and modernized its military equipment and infrastructure through several similar military business with its international partners, mainly in the USA.
Over the years, the United States has held its status as the largest weapon supplier Morocco and delivered 91% of its arms supply.
In January the Bureau of Political Military Affairs put together Data shows that the USA Morocco has been available with security cooperation since the late 1950s.
“With Morocco as part of the foreign military sale (FMS_-System), the United States have active sales cases of $ 8.545 billion in government sales cases,” the Foreign Ministry quoted the data.
Morocco has received equipment worth $ 4478 million since 2013, including Abra Tan, C-130H aircraft and armored staff carriers.
Since 2012, this applies in addition to the US foreign military financing worth 135 million US dollars for Morocco.
The latest delivery of US military equipment to Morocco took place in March when the country received the first batch of AH64 Apache helicopters to the North African country.
Several US military officers praised the US Morocco military and safety relationships and emphasized Morocco’s “obvious and undeniable” leadership in safety in North Africa and in the Sahel zone.
“African armies watch them and take examples”, General Michael Langley, commander of the US African Command (US Imic), said Morocco’s military skills.
He said Morocco was a “reference in defense and stability”, which expresses trust that the partnership between the two countries will continue to grow and strengthen itself in order to contribute to the stability and security of the continent.
Aimee Cutrona, the indictment in the US message in Rabat, repeated the same comments and found that Rabat and Washington had a “long partnership story that went back almost 250 years when Morocco was the first to recognize the independence of the United States”.
She said that the two countries “enjoy steady and consistent growth of the long-standing security cooperation of the US Morocco, which continues to drive our interest in the region and the world”.
The statements by Langley and Cutrona were also reproduced by Dixon, the excitement with the upcoming Africa Lion, the largest military drill, which was organized by Morocco in 19 years.
“In the next few weeks, @usafricacommand and @Saf_africa will carry out Africans next to our Moroccan friends!” Dixon wrote on Tuesday.
In order to further improve the military, Morocco distributed 133 billion or almost $ 13 billion for its defense budget this year, which rose significantly from $ 12 billion in 2024 and 119 billion US dollars or $ 11.4 billion in 2023.
The Morocco’s military not only protects its regional borders, but also contributes to world peace by mobilizing peacekeepers to help UN missions all over the world.
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