Morocco and India agree to establish joint AI commission

Morocco and India have agreed to establish a joint commission on digital skills, language technologies and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and large language models. The agreement followed a meeting in Rabat on 24 August 2026 between Morocco’s Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Administration Reform, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, and India’s Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada. 

The commission is expected to focus on multilingual AI tools that can improve interactions between citizens and public administration. Morocco’s minister said the cooperation would cover digital skills, digital public infrastructure, small and large language models, and the integration of Moroccan Darija and Amazigh into digital public services. 

The two sides also discussed possible cooperation around Morocco’s JAZARI Institutes, a national network of AI centres of excellence launched under the country’s AI Made in Morocco roadmap. The network is intended to support AI research, skills, innovation and practical uses of AI, including in public services. 

The Rabat meeting builds on earlier exchanges between the two ministers in New Delhi in February 2026, on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit. The August agreement therefore turns an earlier international policy dialogue into a more structured bilateral partnership focused on concrete AI cooperation. The Indian government has also identified AI as one of the areas for deeper India-Morocco economic and technology cooperation. 

Why does it matter?

The partnership shows how AI cooperation can grow from informal conversations into concrete government-to-government work. It also reflects a wider pattern of countries looking beyond their own regions for practical lessons on multilingual AI, digital public infrastructure and skills, especially where the underlying challenges are shared across borders.