Abdellatif Loudiyi

Articles

• Morocco Aims to Boost Domestic Military Production, Reduce Arms Imports
  20 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  This ambitious project will allow Morocco to substantially reduce the heavy bill for the purchase of weapons and military equipment, reports the newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.
  Indeed, the military budget for 2019 amounts to 39.3 billion dirhams compared to 35.8 billion last year, an increase of 10%. Driven by this observation, the Kingdom intends to develop the manufacture and maintenance of military equipment, according to a report by the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee. (…)

• Morocco Trains Over 800 Foreign Troops, Mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa
  21 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have contributed to the training of more than 800 foreign soldiers since the beginning of the year.
  This information was confirmed in Parliament by the Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi, reports maghreb-intelligence.
  The minister also specifies that the vast majority of military officers who have benefited from these trainings come from sub-Saharan African countries.
  It should be noted that Morocco, at the (…)

• Morocco Launches National Arms Industry with US Backing
  23 November 2020, by Kamal

  A month after signing the military cooperation agreement with the United States, the framework law for the development of a national arms industry has just been endorsed by the Moroccan parliament.
  The decree, submitted in the report of the Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi, refers to defense and security materials and equipment, and will allow the Royal Armed Forces to open up to new weapons technologies.
  The Moroccan arms industry will (…)

• Morocco Launches Domestic Arms Industry with US Military Support
  23 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  Morocco can now embark on the manufacture of weapons after the adoption of the law allowing the military establishment to establish industrial units for the manufacture of weapons on national territory. The kingdom will have to rely on the military expertise of the United States with whom it has signed a historic strategic military cooperation agreement for a period of 10 years.
  Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of the Administration of National (…)

• Morocco Boosts Defense Budget by 4% Amid Pandemic Challenges
  28 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  Abdellatif Loudiyi, Moroccan Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of the Defense Administration, discussed the reasons for the increase in the 2021 defense budget.
  The 2021 Finance Act provides for a slight increase in the National Defense budget. This budget thus goes from 45.4 billion dirhams in 2020 to 47.4 billion dirhams in 2021, an increase of 4%. Addressing the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, the minister explained that the constraints imposed by (…)

• US Army Chief of Staff Meets Moroccan Defense Officials to Strengthen Military Cooperation
  3 August 2021, by Armel

  Army General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, began a journey that led him on Monday to two senior Moroccan military officials.
  General McConville was received respectively by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of National Defense Administration, and by Abdelfatah Louarak, Army Corps General, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
  According to a statement from the FAR, this is a working visit initiated by (…)

• Morocco Thwarts Over 500 Cyberattacks in 2021, Defense Official Reports
  10 May 2022, by Ginette

  In response to a written question in the House of Representatives, the Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi, stated that despite the many awareness-raising efforts and measures taken by the DGSSI to protect the computer systems of vital sectors from intrusion and hacking via "electronic" viruses, the risk of an attack remains present, reports the daily Al Akhbar.
  The minister also stated that the DGSSI provides the targeted services with the (…)

• UAE Military Chief Visits Morocco to Strengthen Defense Ties
  20 October 2022, by Armel

  On an official visit to Morocco from October 18 to 19, the Chief of Staff of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Major General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, met with several senior Moroccan army officials, including the Delegate Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration (NDA), Abdellatif Loudiyi.
  The exchange between the two men took place on Wednesday at the NDA headquarters, according to a statement from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR), stressing that the (…)

• US and Morocco Strengthen Military Ties with New Defense Agreement
  3 October 2020, by Bladi.net
• Morocco and UAE Seek to Strengthen Military Ties in High-Level Meeting
  30 March 2021, by Richard

  According to the press release from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, this meeting allowed the two officials to renew the relations and the quality of the cooperation in the various fields that bind the two countries. In addition, it was also an opportunity for the two personalities to also discuss the strengthening of the quality of the Moroccan-Emirati military cooperation and how to ensure that this relationship is sustainable.
  The delegation was also received by the Army (…)