Morocco attends US-convened Ukraine defense meeting

Morocco was among the 14 non-NATO nations that have attended a meeting convened by the US at the Ramstein US air base in  Germany to discuss defense aid to Ukraine.

In addition to Morocco, other Non-NATO countries include Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Qatar, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Israel, Tunisia, Sweden and Finland.

Morocco was absent in the last three UN General Assembly votes to condemn Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the meeting is “outside of the NATO rubric, and not all the nations that were invited are NATO members. As you know, NATO as an alliance is not providing security assistance to Ukraine, so this is not being done under the NATO umbrella at all. Now, some of the nations invited and some of the nations that will be going are, in fact, NATO allies, but they’re doing this in a sovereign unilateral way, not as a part of the alliance.”

Morocco maintains neutrality on this conflict, though foreign ministry said on multiple occasions that Rabat respects the territorial integrity of all UN member states and urges dialogue to resolve conflicts.