The Global Coalition against ISIS Holds a meeting in Morocco
Morocco hosted today a meeting of the Global coalition against the terrorist organization Daesh, at the invitation of Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
According to the Arab Maghreb Press Agency, the international event is being held in the city of Marrakech, in the presence of representatives from more than 80 countries and international organizations. They will “discuss ways to confront the threats posed by the repositioning of the organization in the dark continent”, at a time of growing fears that the African continent will become a hotbed of terrorism and extremism, especially by exploiting the security tensions in Libya and the countries of the Sahel region.
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The meeting will provide “an opportunity to shed light on the security challenges facing the continent, especially in light of the tensions and ethnic conflicts in some areas, especially the Sahel region, which could be exploited by ISIS to make these areas a new springboard for terrorist operations and the dissemination of extremist ideology”, the news agency said.
The meeting will be “an opportunity to discuss ways of working together to confront these terrorist threats in all their forms, as well as to strengthen the security strategies and capabilities of the countries of the continent in order to weaken and defeat ISIS”, the news agency said.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov has described Morocco’s cooperation with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism as “exceptional”, adding that Morocco “is a privileged partner in supporting and strengthening the counter-terrorism mission”.
The coalition is working to find ways to fight ISIS on various fronts, dismantle its networks and counter its global ambitions, and is committed to destroying the group’s economic and financial infrastructure, preventing the flow of foreign terrorist fighters across borders, and supporting stability and restoring basic public services in liberated areas.
The International Coalition to Combat ISIS was established in September 2014 with the aim of eliminating the organization.
