Morocco to send team of cybersecurity experts to Qatar ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup
The kingdom of Morocco will deploy to Qatar, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a team of cybersecurity experts at the request of the Gulf country for the global event taking place across November and December, local media reported.
The news surfaced after the visit Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of Morocco’s General Directorate for National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST), paid to Qatar during the Milipol Qatar 2022, an international event for homeland security and civil defense, held in Doha, May 24-26.
During his visit, Hammouchi held meetings with Qatari Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani and Qatar’s Director of Public Security, Saad bin Jassem Khalifi as well as with the country’s security officials in charge of the coming football event.
The Moroccan official also visited the Lusail Stadium, where the final of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is scheduled to take place.
Hammouchi, the first official from a friendly country to visit this sports center, toured the various facilities of the stadium.
Hammouchi also visited the cybersecurity command center, where he had a working session with senior Qatari officials. At the end of this meeting, it was agreed that Morocco will send a team of experts in the fight against cyberattacks to strengthen the effectiveness of the center.
The Moroccan official also visited the operations room in charge of security arrangements for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Other local media reported that as part of securing the 2022 Football World Cup, Morocco and Qatar have agreed to send more than 6,000 agents of the Moroccan National Security and Gendarmerie, to ensure the security of the world Football event.
Qatar will become in November the first Arab and Middle Eastern country to host the FIFA world tournament.
Morocco in 2020 already proposed to assist Qatar in successfully organizing the World Cup by offering to provide the Gulf country with human and logistical assistance for the competition.
Aside from Morocco, several other countries including Turkey, France, the US and UK will assist the gas-rich country in security matters related to the world cup.
