The Gambia announced its endorsement of the Security Initiative against Proliferation in a letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, by his Gambian counterpart.
In this regard, the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America welcome this decision which marks a significant step in strengthening regional and international cooperation and coordination in the fight against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction ( ADM).
The Gambia’s endorsement of the PSI follows its active participation in the African Political Conference of the Proliferation Security Initiative, held from January 31 to February 2, 2024 in Marrakech, and which was sanctioned by a joint declaration and the announcement of the accession of six other African countries: Benin, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Togo and Madagascar.
These countries thus affirmed their commitment to strengthening South-South cooperation in regional security and their desire to develop efforts to promote the non-proliferation of WMD.
It should be recalled that the PSI, launched in 2003, is an international initiative aimed at preventing the proliferation of WMD through strengthening cooperation between participating States.
Building on principles of voluntary partnership and information sharing, the PSI promotes regional and global security by deterring non-state actors from engaging in proliferation activities.
With this new membership of the PSI, The Gambia increases the number of African countries members of this initiative from 06 to 13 countries and the total number of member states from 106 to 113, thus consolidating the efforts in the fight against the proliferation of WMD.