Rabat – Morocco and the United States signed, on Tuesday in Rabat, a roadmap for military cooperation, which includes guidelines for implementing the activities agreed at the 13th session of the Morocco-U.S. Defense Consultative Committee (DCC).

At the end of the second working meeting of the Morocco-U.S. DCC at the headquarters of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), decorations were also awarded by His Majesty the King, Supreme Commander and Chief of the General Staff of the FAR, to three American officers in recognition of their efforts to develop and promote Moroccan-American military cooperation.

They are Major General Daniel Boyack, Commander of the Utah State National Guard, Lt-Colonel Teremuura Shamel, Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) at the American Embassy in Rabat, and Major Christopher Tarbet, of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) at the American Embassy in Rabat, in charge of bilateral affairs.

In execution of the High Royal Instructions concerning the hold
ing of the 13th Session of the DCC, Lieutenant General, Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the South Zone, received on Monday, at the FAR General Staff headquarters, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Celeste Wallander, accompanied by the US Defense Attaché accredited to Morocco, leading a large military delegation, on a working visit to Morocco on May 17-22.

The Defense Consultative Committee meeting provides a platform for strategic dialogue on crucial regional security issues, and outlines future action plans with AFRICOM and the Utah State National Guard, as well as capacity-building projects managed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).

Moroccan-American military cooperation is governed by bilateral Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding and Technical Arrangements, which set out the terms and conditions of cooperation.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse