{"id":382854,"date":"2026-01-21T20:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/382854\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:28:09","slug":"hammouchi-discusses-security-cooperation-with-uk-gabon-malaysia-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/382854\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammouchi Discusses Security Cooperation with UK, Gabon, Malaysia Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco\u2019s Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, held separate meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Gabon, and Malaysia to discuss bilateral security cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>During talks with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2025\/08\/256117\/alex-pinfield-presents-credentials-as-new-british-ambassador-to-morocco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK Ambassador<\/a> Alex Pinfield, the discussions focused on existing areas of security <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/01\/275100\/uk-explores-moroccos-afcon-2025-security-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cooperation<\/a> between the two countries, including border policing, counterterrorism, and the fight against transnational crime. Both sides also explored ways to expand cooperation in line with broader bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-275952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hammouchi-Discusses-Security-Cooperation-with-UK-Gabon-Malaysia-Ambassadors-1-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"Abdellatif Hammouchi held separate meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Gabon, and Malaysia.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\"  \/>Abdellatif Hammouchi held separate meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Gabon, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Hammouchi also met with Gabonese Ambassador Branly Martial Oupolo to review avenues for strengthening security cooperation and to exchange views on regional security developments, particularly in the Sahel-Sahara zone.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions addressed emerging threats linked to regional instability and cross-border security challenges. The two sides examined prospects for deeper South-South police cooperation, with an emphasis on training, combating irregular migration networks, and countering terrorist groups operating in the Sahel and Sahara.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-275951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hammouchi-Discusses-Security-Cooperation-with-UK-Gabon-Malaysia-Ambassadors-2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Abdellatif Hammouchi held separate meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Gabon, and Malaysia.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  \/>Abdellatif Hammouchi held separate meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Gabon, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate meeting with Malaysian Ambassador Shahabudeen Bin Adam, Hammouchi discussed mechanisms to enhance bilateral security cooperation, including technical assistance and operational coordination between Moroccan and Malaysian security services.<\/p>\n<p>The meetings stressed Morocco\u2019s ongoing engagement with international partners on security coordination, information sharing, and capacity-building initiatives aimed at addressing evolving criminal and security threats.<\/p>\n<p>MWN with MAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco\u2019s Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, held separate meetings on Wednesday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[145041,145042,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-382854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-abdellatif-hammouchi","tag-dgsn-and-dgst","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}