FM participates in global meeting to combat Daesh
22-03-2017 03:54 PM
Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Safadi, on Wednesday, participated in a meeting brining ministers and officials from member states of the global coalition to combat the terrorist Daesh group.
The meeting was held at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. and attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from all the coalition's 68 member states.
Safadi reiterated Jordan's full commitment to working within the framework of the global coalition against Daesh and cooperate with the international community to fight terrorism and support efforts to face this challenge that threatens the world.
He called for adopting a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism militarily, intellectually and culturally, and by solving crises that chaos and despair.
Safadi stressed the importance of finding a solution to the region's fundamental issue, the Palestinian issue and warned that the failure to resolve this issue would lead to more despair and frustration.
The meeting discussed the coalition's efforts to defeat Daesh in the Iraqi city of Mousel, preparations to the Battle of Raqqa in Syria and the humanitarian situation in both countries.
The meeting was followed by another meeting of the member states of the coalition's mini-group, including Jordan, where the U.S. secretaries of defense and state reviewed the U.S. administration plans to defeat Daesh in Syria and Iraq.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the foreign minister met with his New Zealand counterpart, Murray McCully, the US State Department Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon, and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.
He also met with his Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad Al Khalifa, Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, and Kuwait First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
They discussed bilateral relations and regional developments, including the peace process and the Syrian crisis and regional challenges.