Morocco and Israel agreed to strengthen their military cooperation by expanding it to intelligence and cybersecurity, during a bilateral defense meeting Tuesday in Rabat, according to the Moroccan army.

The two countries "agreed to further strengthen this cooperation and expand it to other areas, including intelligence, air defense and electronic warfare," said the staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) in a press release.

This announcement follows the first meeting of the monitoring committee for Moroccan-Israeli defense cooperation which took place on Monday and Tuesday in the Moroccan capital, as part of the military rapprochement between the two countries.

The meeting was co-chaired by FAR Inspector General Belkhir El Farouk and Director of the Politico-Military Affairs Office of the Israeli Defense Ministry Dror Shalom.

The two parties also examined various aspects of their cooperation, including "logistics, training and training as well as the acquisition and modernization of equipment", details the press release.