The US government has put forward a proposal to strengthen military cooperation with Arab countries based on the Abraham Accords, part of which is Morocco.
An eligible candidate, Morocco falls within the category of countries to possibly acquire military funding, as part of the US proposed budget for 2023.
The legislation provides for the inclusion of Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other regional partners and allies within the region.
This framework is part of the US policy supporting the establishment of an “anti-Iran regional defense architecture,” and additional threats that are now extending to the Maghreb region.
“Funds appropriated under this heading…should be used in part to enhance multilateral defense cooperation with Israel, and to establish integrated air defense networks among such countries and Israel, including to counter missile and unmanned aircraft systems attacks by Iran and proxies of Iran,” clarifies the US Senate in the report under the Foreign Military Financing section, published on July 28.
“This bill is about protecting people, infrastructure, and our forward-deployed troops from Iran’s regional aggression,” said the US Senator, Jacky Rosen in a statement.
Confidential Pentagon documents dating back to December 2019 put the Kingdom on a list of “potential” interested partners to acquire air defense systems, in line with the US security cooperation with foreign countries.
Morocco’s aim is to reinforce its military and defense system and to equip the armed forces with Patriot missiles.
The Kingdom put a $500 million order from FAR for Israel’s Barak MX air and missile defense systems, according to Israeli media.
Morocco’s eligibility is also indisputable, given the supposed ties between the separatist Polisario and “Hezbollah”, a Lebanese islamist group and close cooperator of the Iranian government.
Morocco had cut its diplomatic relations with Iran back in 2018, accusing “Hezbollah” of facilitating a delivery of arms to the separatist Polisario front, making Iran a potential threat to Morocco’s stability, and that of Maghreb region.
This multilateral defense cooperation aims “to establish integrated air defense networks among such countries and Israel, including to counter missile and unmanned aircraft systems attacks by Iran and proxies of Iran,” according to the US Senate.
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