The action of Morocco in this field respects the requirements of the State of Law to which Morocco is firmly attached to, the Premier underlined during the opening ceremony of the Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Francophone Countries of Africa.

 

    Mr. El Fassi stressed the "new and complex dimensions that the anti-terror fight has taken, due to the interconnectedness between organized crime, whether arms, drugs, or human trafficking."

 

    For his part, Justice minister, Abdelwahad Radi, said terrorism constitutes one of the "ills of our modern days" against which all the members of the international community should unite and develop common actions to eradicate it.

 

    Morocco, which, like many countries, has battled with the terrorism phenomenon, has committed to strengthen its national capacities, Mr. Radi noted, recalling that Morocco had ratified all the international conventions dealing with that matter.

 

    According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representative, Jean Paul Laborde, this conference offers the opportunity to "remember the victims of the acts of terrorism" throughout the world, notably in the Africa, and to pool efforts in the face of this phenomenon.

 

    Representative of the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF),  Rajaona Andrianaivo Ravelona, reiterated the organization mobilization in favor of the anti-terror cooperation, calling for the respect of the international values on the protection of human rights.