For now, Morocco has not yet requested international assistance. However, the French ambassador to Morocco, Christophe Lecourtier, explained today on RTLhaving been in contact yesterday, Saturday, with the Moroccan authorities, “who were assessing the situation, because the southern regions are very isolated and far from urban centers”. “They sent helicopters to get a clearer view of the situation. They assured that they would come back quickly enough, as soon as they had made this assessment, to mobilize foreign relief.he stressed.
The agreement of the Moroccan government is required to go to the disaster areas, said the president of the International Emergency Fire Brigade, Philippe Besson. “My colleague on site told me that the Moroccan government has deployed a lot of resources, but that a lot of access is impossible because these areas are inaccessible. Bridges must be restored to access the site. The overall picture of the situation is unclear”he added.
Contacted by Agence France-Presse late this morning, the president of the French NGO Secouristes sans frontières, Arnaud Fraisse, confirmed that he had not “not yet received authorization for intervention, but it seems that the situation is changing since Tunisia is also authorized [après le Qatar et la Jordanie] to intervene »he specified.
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