RABAT, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Morocco and Belgium agreed on Tuesday in Marrakech to step up cooperation in the fight against money laundering.

In a declaration of intent signed by the Moroccan Justice Minister Mohamed Aujjar and his Belgian counterpart Koen Geens, the two countries agreed to establish a better collaboration in the area of seizure and confiscation of money resulted from drug trafficking.

The two countries agreed to set up a working group to meet three times a year to make proposals for proceeding seizure operations.

The first meeting is scheduled for May 2018 in Rabat.