The new agreement covers the sectors of engineering, maintenance, repair and transformation of aircraft, as explained by the Moroccan Minister of Industry, Ryad Mezzour, in a statement to the press after the signing ceremony of the agreement in Rabat in the presence of the president of IAI, the Former Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz.

“It is an agreement that has symbolism and capital importance for the development of the aeronautical industry of our country signed with a global industrial player,” the Moroccan minister congratulated himself.

According to the Moroccan minister, this memorandum will be implemented in several projects in which several airports have been defined as candidates such as Errachidia, Tata, Bouarfa (southeast) and Nouaceur (west), in addition to other areas that are being studied.

For his part, the IAI president stressed that the memorandum constitutes a supplementary stage in the creation of a new partnership between IAI and the aeronautical and space industries in Morocco.

“I know the incredible potential that exists in Morocco, and this is just the beginning. Together we will form common teams that will transform our vision into reality”, he stressed.