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Spain exports $443 million arms to Morocco in 30 years

Kazim Abdul by Kazim Abdul
February 22, 2022
in Security
Reading Time: 2 mins read

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), global defence spending increased by $1.83 billion in 2021, up 3.9 per cent from the previous year, while national defence companies are experiencing serious financial problems.

Spain is the seventh largest arms exporter in the world, with 3.9% of the total, behind only the US (34%), Russia (22%), France (6.7%), Germany (5.8%), China (5.7%) and the UK (4.8%).

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The Spanish government has announced that Morocco spent MAD 4 billion ($443 million) in the acquisition of Spanish weapons between 1991 and 2020, a 30-years period. This is according to Senator Carles Mulet, representative of the Coalició Compromís party.

The largest recorded purchases took place between 2009 and 2016. In 2009 alone, Morocco spent a total of MAD 331 million ($35 million) on Spanish smooth-bore weapons with a caliber greater than 20 mm, ammunition, military devices, land vehicles, aircraft, lighter-than-air vehicles, unmanned vehicles (UAV).

The largest purchases are ground vehicles with a total of MAD 1.75 billion ($188 million) ahead of ammunition and devices as well as aircraft, lighter-than-air vehicles, and unmanned vehicles (UAVs) with a total respective cost of MAD 1 billion ($112 million) and MAD 106 million ($11 million).

Most recently, Morocco purchased MAD 321 million ($34 million) worth of ammunition, military devices, torpedo bombs, rockets, missiles, aircraft, lighter-than-air vehicles, and unmanned vehicles (UAV).

Presently, relations between Morocco and Spain is tensed owing to migratory tensions and nationalist sentiment.

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Spain’s continued recognition of the Polisario leader angered Morocco, creating unprecedented tension between the two countries.

Both nations fell out in April 2021, resulting in Morocco recalling its ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, for consultations in May 2021 after Spain’s controversial decision to host Polisario leader Brahim Ghali for hospitalization.

Spain and Morocco are both faced with security threats in their borders. In 2016, both coastal nations raised the security alert along their joint border to the maximum level after receiving threats that terrorists may attack some areas.

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