High-level security meeting discusses cross-border threats
LIBYA – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Lt Gen Saddam Haftar has attended the high-level regional meeting of heads of security and counter-terrorism agencies in Benghazi, held under the slogan “Countering the Nexus Between Terrorism and Organised Crime in Africa”.
Intelligence chiefs and delegations from several continents
The meeting is chaired by the head of the Libyan Intelligence Service, Gen Hussein Al-Ayeb, and the head of Morocco’s General Directorate for Studies and Documentation (DGED), Yassine Mansouri, and attended by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism.
It brings together 43 security and intelligence delegations from various continents, including more than 20 heads of intelligence services, alongside senior officials and experts in national security and counter-terrorism.
Information sharing and joint strategies
The meeting is organised jointly by the Libyan Intelligence Service and Morocco’s General Directorate for Studies and Documentation, in cooperation with the United Nations through the regional Marrakech Platform.
Its discussions cover ways to strengthen security and intelligence coordination, share information and expertise, and develop joint strategies to confront cross-border threats and challenges.
