Abdellatif Hammouchi strengthens global security ties at Moscow forum
In his speech at the forum, Hammouchi stressed that addressing the growing strategic threats facing the world today requires building a shared, indivisible security infrastructure. This, he noted, calls for close collaboration between national security and intelligence services and their counterparts globally.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Hammouchi held several high-level bilateral talks with officials from security and intelligence agencies of friendly and allied countries, including Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
For context, Hammouchi made his first official visit to Russia in April 2016, where he held discussions at the Kremlin with Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev, then Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Later that year, in December 2016, King Mohammed VI received Patrushev in audience.
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