Morocco's Director-General of National Security (DGSN) and Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The MoU was signed between the DGSN, represented by the Royal Institute of Police, and the General Command of the Abu Dhabi Police, represented by the Saif Bin Zayed Academy for Security & Policing Sciences. This agreement will pave the way for implementing joint training programs and advanced internships in various police fields. This agreement also provides for exchanging expertise and practical experience, as well as benefiting from the specialization capacities of the Moroccan police and its counterpart at the General Command of the Abu Dhabi Police. It aims to promote the qualification of security personnel and reinforce their skills, in addition to consolidating joint cooperation in higher studies in police, security, and legal sciences. The DGSN-DGST spokesman, Controller General Boubker Sabik, stressed that this MoU is the fruit of a joint and lasting cooperation between the two parties. It aims to exchange expertise in the fields of police officer training and internships, as well as accessing police academies in both countries to promote security skills in the various police, scientific, and legal specialties. The agreement is intended to foster the emergence of a new generation of highly qualified police agents who are open to comparative experience and capable of meeting future challenges in the security field in its global sense. In 2016, King Mohammed VI had, in his Throne speech, called on the government to provide the Security Administration with the necessary human and financial resources to properly fulfill its duties. The Sovereign also stressed the importance of coordination and cooperation between the Kingdom's external security services.
