“Judicial Cooperation” facilitates the procedures for handing over criminals between Morocco and France

Researchers in international relations said that “the signing of Morocco and France is a joint declaration in the field of bilateral cooperation in the legal and judicial fields, at the beginning of this week, provides additional measures that serve the handing over of criminals and joint abuse with the issue of terrorism and organized crime,” especially given that it is “among the challenges facing both countries, the day after Morocco’s dismantling recently of several terrorist cells that intend to carry out explosive activities.”

The researchers who spoke to Hespress considered that the announcement signed by the Moroccan Minister of Justice, Abdel Latif Wehbe, and his French counterpart, Gerald Darmanan, is a “land for an agreement or a declaration of principles that support the declared cooperation between the two countries during the recent period, and withdraws to all strategic areas”, stressing that “Morocco has a white hand in relation to providing partners with information related to terrorist cells, and vice versa also”.

“Declaration of Principles”

Hassan Aqtit, a researcher in political science and international relations, said that “the joint declaration in terms of its value rises to the agreement, as it is a clear principle of principles,” highlighting that “Morocco based on its involvement in this declaration that comes days after the signing of the Moroccan Minister of Justice with his Spanish counterpart, Felix Polayus Garcia, a judicial agreement, provides a diversity in his strategic partnerships that concern the judicial matter And legal. This diversity gives clear strength to partnerships. ”

In a statement to Hespress, Aqtait said that “cooperation between the two countries has an exceptional qualitative jump, especially since it comes in the context of strengthening cooperation between Rabat and Paris, which started after the visit of the state conducted by French President Emmanuel Macron to the Kingdom,” recording that “from the common challenges facing the two countries, especially terrorist threats and confronting the cross -border crime, it is necessary Limge alliances and blocs of this type to undermine all risks.

The spokesman continued that “the joint advertisement is a declaration of the great role that the Kingdom of Morocco plays in the issue of preserving security and peace in the region, and preserving the marine commercial crossings, whether in the Atlantic Ocean region or the Mediterranean region,” adding that “the pioneering role of Rabat in combating terrorism, and the knowledge of Paris that confronting many similar challenges in the desert and the coast, comes from legal cooperation with the Kingdom.”

“Strategic Cooperation”

Mohamed Nashawi, a university professor specializing in international relations and international cooperation, said in turn that the joint declaration between the Moroccan Minister of Justice and his French counterpart in matters related to security and criminal issues “is a ground for an agreement to hand over the accused and criminals”, recording that “work to download coordination between French and Moroccan research institutions, is a ground for understanding but has the same effect regarding criminal measures And those that affect the security side.

And activated, in a statement to Hespress, that “there is an agreement to exchange criminals between Morocco and France, in force for many years.” He added: “But I think that this other ground is a complement to this understanding and has the agreement, especially since the Moroccan -French relations are on the way to normalization permanent Within an exceptional strategic vision. ”

The researcher continued that “Morocco fulfills its obligations in this regard, which is one of the reasons that made the visit of the French minister work to activate such issues that occupy French public opinion and French politics”, benefiting that “such an agreement relaxes its shadow on the quality of arrangements and understandings between Morocco and France in all fields, including judicial issues related to terrorism and organized crime and the reception of the deportees present in an irregularity in an irregularity France”.