Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), Lieutenant General, Inspector General of FAR, received, on Monday in Rabat, Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann, Director General of NATO International Military Staff. The talks focused on military cooperation between the Royal Armed Forces and the NATO military Command structure, according to a statement by FAR General Staff. The two officials, who expressed their satisfaction with the quality, solidity, excellent level and sustainability of this bilateral cooperation, reiterated their common will to strengthen and deepen it further through the sharing of experience and expertise, the same source added. Military cooperation between the two sides includes high-level meetings and visits, training courses, exchange of information visits, stopovers by NATO maritime groups and participation in various training courses, the statement stressed. Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann's visit is part of the preparations for this year's NATO Regional exercise REGEX 20 to be held in Morocco in November 2020, according to the same source. This exercise is aimed at interoperability in the areas of operational planning and force preparation. It will involve some 30 representatives from NATO partner countries, the statement said. Morocco, which has a permanent military liaison officer with the Atlantic Alliance, joined NATO's interoperability platform in 2016 to promote greater interoperability in NATO-led operations and missions. In 2017 Morocco and NATO concluded an agreement to strengthen cybersecurity.
