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

Morocco participates in the meeting of the Consultative Group for the Defense of Ukraine
by Amin Al Qadri on 04/27/2022 at 10:30 a.m. (Updated on 04/27/2022 at 10:35 a.m.)

Abdullatif Lodiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of the National Defense Administration, participates in the meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Consultative Group, on April 26, 2022, in Ramstein, Germany.

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On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Morocco participated, along with about forty member states and non-members of NATO, in the meeting of the Defense Consultative Group for Ukraine, organized by the US Department of Defense in Germany.

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.

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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.

Written by Amin Qadri