Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Abderrahmane Sbai of Morocco

Sbai said that the relationship between the two countries armed forces is an important part of the state-to-state relations, and his current visit is to carry out the consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries to continue to develop friendly relations of cooperation between the two countries.

Pointing to the long-lasting contacts between the two peoples, Sbai said that although the two countries are far apart geographically, bilateral exchanges and cooperation are vigorous at present and he hopes that bilateral economic and trade cooperation can be further strengthened.

defense official for African affairs Theresa Marie Whelan and Moroccan Deputy Defense Minister Abderrahmane Sbai expressed the keenness during their meeting earlier on Wednesday, state MAP news agency reported.