The 4th High-Level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and Building Agile Border Security Mechanisms (The Kuwait Phase of the Dushanbe Process) was held on November 4-5 in Kuwait City, with Morocco’s participation.
The Moroccan delegation to this meeting was led by HM the King’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Ali Ben Issa, accompanied by Adil Zekkari from the Ministry of the Interior and Mohammed Berrada from Morocco’s Embassy to Kuwait.
The opening of the conference was attended by the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon and the Deputy Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, as well as 450 guests, including 33 ministers from UN member countries and representatives of specialized UN agencies, international organizations and civil society.
Speaking on behalf of Morocco, Ben Issa highlighted the importance of this meeting as a crucial step to strengthen international cooperation against terrorism and implement flexible and efficient border security mechanisms in the face of growing cross-border terrorist threats to regional and global stability and security.
He added that terrorist groups profit from the open geography and the absence of strict control in borders to extend their activities and propagate their extremist ideas, which makes it difficult to face these groups, hence the need for close cooperation between countries to tackle this phenomenon.
With regard to Africa, the Moroccan diplomat said that terrorism remains a permanent threat, necessitating an integrated response, combining the fight against terrorism and the promotion of development and stability in societies, stressing in this sense the importance of a solid cooperation framework, based on institutional coordination and exchanges of information and expertise, through comprehensive and harmonized strategies.
Under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, Morocco has adopted a multidimensional approach to the fight against terrorism, effectively integrating institutional efforts, security, and social and religious issues, reflecting a deep awareness that the fight against terrorism requires a multi-level response in order to build resilient societies, he added.
He added that the Kingdom of Morocco, through the national counter-terrorism strategy, has laid solid foundations to support African and international cooperation in this area, by strengthening preparedness, exchanging information with international partners, coordinating with international security services and developing flexible strategies to adapt to emerging threats.
He stressed that Morocco’s cooperation with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), through its office in Rabat, is a successful model of reinforcing African capacities as it represents a platform for exchange of expertise between African countries, which bolsters their capacity to face common terrorist threats.
In 2022, Morocco, in collaboration with the UNOCT, launched the “Marrakech Platform” for heads of counter-terrorism and security agencies in Africa, as an annual space to assess achievements and needs, exchange expertise and strengthen coordination to address cross-border terrorist threats on the continent, This reflects Morocco’s commitment to placing the challenges of African countries in the fight against terrorism and the prevention of violent extremism at the heart of its priorities, as part of its co-chairmanship of the Think Tank of the Global Coalition against Daech-Africa, and its previous chairmanship of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum, he noted.
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