According to NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gave its "agreement in principal" to Morocco to take part in the "Active Endeavour" operation in the Mediterranean.Active Endeavour is an operation launched by NATO in the Mediterranean and the Straits of Gibraltar after the 9/11 terror attack against the United States.
NATO also gave its green light for the participation of Algeria and Israel in the Mediterranean operation, added Rizzo at the end of what he called an "historical event" in allusion to the first ever "26+7" political consultation meeting in a Mediterranean Dialogue country.
The seven countries of Mediterranean dialogue include Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
NATO's official also hailed Morocco's contribution to peace operations led under NATO's auspices, notably in Kosovo (KFOR) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (SFOR).
The 26+7 political consultation meeting also suggested the setting a financial fund which was, according to Rizzo, a Spanish-Norwegian proposal. A meeting in Rabat also decided to set up a partnership committee to facilitate cooperation between NATO and southern Mediterranean countries.
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