Morocco announced Wednesday that it was suspending all judicial
cooperation with France following a diplomatic row over lawsuits filed
in Paris accusing the kingdom's intelligence chief of "complicity in
torture."
"All agreements on judicial cooperation between the two countries have been suspended... to eliminate the distortions that have affected them," the justice ministry said in a statement.
It has also recalled the Moroccan judge responsible for liaising with France on the agreements.
Morocco has strong commercial and cultural ties with its former colonial ruler.
But the kingdom reacted furiously to the announcement last Thursday of two civil lawsuits filed by an NGO in Paris against Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of its domestic intelligence agency, over his alleged role in the torture of a Sahrawi independence activist jailed for 30 years in 2013.
Read more: Morocco freezes judicial accords with France over 'torture' row < French news | Expatica France
"All agreements on judicial cooperation between the two countries have been suspended... to eliminate the distortions that have affected them," the justice ministry said in a statement.
It has also recalled the Moroccan judge responsible for liaising with France on the agreements.
Morocco has strong commercial and cultural ties with its former colonial ruler.
But the kingdom reacted furiously to the announcement last Thursday of two civil lawsuits filed by an NGO in Paris against Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of its domestic intelligence agency, over his alleged role in the torture of a Sahrawi independence activist jailed for 30 years in 2013.
Read more: Morocco freezes judicial accords with France over 'torture' row < French news | Expatica France
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