The Moroccan and Spanish security forces conducting a “exemplary work” in anti-terrorism

Madrid – The Spanish Interior Ministry welcomed the “exemplary work, coordinated and strengthened against the threat of jihadist terrorism” led by Moroccan and Spanish security services.

“Both security services are working in an excellent climate of trust, recognition and mutual respect in a sensitive and difficult area such as the fight against jihadist terrorism,” said the Spanish Ministry in a written reply to a parliamentary question , reported on Sunday by the “Europa press” agency.

The ministry said that the decision of the Spanish Government to decorate, last October in Madrid, Mr. Abdellatif Hammouchi, general manager of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (S & T Branch) and other officials of the Department, is a recognition the “high level of cooperation between Morocco and Spain in the fight against terrorism.”

The operations between the security services of both countries led to the arrest of dozens of people and the dismantling of several specialized terrorist networks in the recruitment, financing, radicalization and sending jihadists in conflict areas has the source added.

Such operations are “vital to the security of both countries and put cooperation” between T Branch and the General Commission of the Spanish police information as a “reference” in relations between Spain and Morocco, “said the ministry.