Morocco : Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid receives his Saudi counterpart

Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the Southern Zone, received Lieutenant General Fayyad Ben Hamad Al-Ruwaili, Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces, at the FAR General Staff headquarters in Rabat on Tuesday. Lieutenant General Al-Ruwaili is on a working visit to Morocco from October 28 to November 2, 2024, heading a large military delegation.

The discussions, held in the presence of the Saudi ambassador to Rabat, the military attaché to the Saudi embassy in Morocco, heads of offices from the FAR General Staff, and inspectors from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, focused on opportunities to further develop areas of military cooperation and ways to strengthen them, according to a statement from the FAR General Staff.

During the meeting, the two officials expressed their satisfaction with the positive record of military cooperation between the two countries, including training and exchange visits. Moroccan-Saudi military cooperation is governed by the Military and Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement, signed in December 2015. This agreement encompasses training, defense industry, logistical support, transfer of military expertise, military medical services, and exchange visits.