Morocco participates in the meeting of the Consultative Group for the Defense of Ukraine

The meeting was held at the US air base in Ramstein, in the presence of the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksiy Reznikoy, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Invité à cette réunion, au même titre que plusieurs pays du Moyen Orient et d’Asie, le Maroc y été représenté par Abdellatif Loudiyi, ministre délégué auprès du chef de gouvernement, la admin le chargé de forum chargé -The Kingdom of Morocco.

According to the same source, this conference aims to ensure the long-term security and sovereignty of Ukraine and assess the military needs of Ukraine, two months after the start of the war.

Morocco is among the 14 non-NATO countries that participated in this conference. These are Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Qatar, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Tunisia, Sweden, and from Finland.

Asked about the meeting during a news conference last Friday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the meeting was “outside NATO,” the news site reported. defense break.

As you know, NATO as an alliance does not provide security assistance to Ukraine, so this is not done under NATO supervision at all. Now, some of the invited countries are, in fact, NATO allies, but they do so unilaterally and sovereignly, and not within the framework of the alliance,” the official said.