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Morocco and India held a meeting of their Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in New Delhi on Monday, where both sides discussed global and regional terrorist threats and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in the field.
According to Indian news agency IANS, the two countries condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, 2025, as well as the attack near the Red Fort in New Delhi on November 10, 2025. They also unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms, including cross-border terrorism.
The meeting was co-chaired by Vinod Bahade, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism at India's Ministry of External Affairs, and Hicham Baali, head of Morocco's National Judicial Police Brigade at the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
Discussions focused on current and emerging counter-terrorism challenges, including violent extremism and radicalization, terrorist financing, the misuse of technology by terrorist groups, links between organized crime and terrorism, and the movement of terrorists across borders.
The two sides also explored ways to deepen cooperation through information sharing, capacity building and the exchange of best practices. They reaffirmed their commitment to working together in multilateral forums, including the United Nations, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF).
The meeting comes months after the signing of a Morocco-India defense cooperation agreement during Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Rabat in September 2025. The agreement covers industrial cooperation, capacity building and counter-terrorism. Moroccan military officers regularly take part in training programs in India, while Indian naval vessels conduct goodwill visits to the kingdom.
