Morocco is rearming its military on the offensive on the Western Sahara, former English colony, which appropriated the Alawite kingdom in 1975 following the March Green, whose sovereignty is disputed by the UN. Rearmament, in part, is being conducted with military exported from Spain.
The latest official data from the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce show that the Government headed by King Mohammed VI has purchased in the last three years defense equipment to our country, amounting to more 340 million euros.
acquired material is very diverse, from anti-aircraft guns to spare parts and aircraft spare Falcon, to shotgun shells and anti-aircraft material, as well as off-road vehicles and armored trucks heading which represents more than 50 percent of all export defense material to the Alawite kingdom.
Official statistics also show that over 97 percent of the material sold by Spain has gone to the Armed Forces of Morocco and only 2.93 percent to private .
's contract vehicles
Although Morocco is not among the top ten destinations of English defense material, in the last three years have seen strong growth in sales to this country, which is explained by the signing of a substantial export contract vehicles for the armed forces of the North African country in February 2007.
On that date, the Government of José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero approved a license for export of 2,429 vehicles, for a total of 174 million euros, for the Ministry of Moroccan defense and including the sale of vehicles, ambulances, trucks, tow trucks, semi trucks and fire trucks with spare parts. Vehicles all the technicians polled by elEconomista admit that "they are not shielded and are not armed, but if they have military specifications."
The application of this operation was accompanied by an end-use certificate for the Moroccan armed forces not to re-export clause.
Although the Ministry of Industry did not make public until later this year, data on exports of defense equipment and dual use in the first half of 2010, the report for the fiscal 2009 figure exports authorized Morocco during the last year 50,550,875 euros, of which sales have materialized in the amount of 31,118,343 euros, accounting for 2.3 percent of all defense material exported by Spain.
A country authorized
The difference between authorized and export operations due to real export licenses have a Period of validity of six months, renewable, so many of the authorizations given in an annuity do not materialize effectively to the subsequent period.
The agency responsible for approving export licenses for arms in Spain is the Interministerial Regulatory Board of External Trade in Defence and Dual-Use (JIMDDU) functionally attached to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, but which also comprise representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior.
In the case of Morocco, JIMDDU sources point out that exports of defense equipment to the North African country are approved by all international agencies and "have no embargo" .
explain further that the Joint Board conducted an "analysis on a case by case basis, the operations into this country, will require strict control documents end use and review, while meeting the criteria contained in the Common Position, which is defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment.
Source: http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/espana/noticias/2596165/11/10/-Espana-vende-armamento-belico-a-Marruecos-por-340-millones-de-euros.html
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