AMMAN –– Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, commended the United States’ leadership
of the global coalition to defeat Daesh “which has been doing a crucial work
and has made significant achievements in the fight against terrorism,” the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
Safadi made his remarks at the ministerial meeting of the
small group of the global coalition to defeat Daesh, held on Tuesday via
teleconference, and was co-hosted by Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmès, and US Secretary of State, Antony
Blinken.
“To quote His Majesty King Abdullah, Daesh has been defeated
but not yet destroyed,” the minister said.
“Daesh security threat remains potent. Its ideology of hate
is a real challenge, for now and for the future,” the foreign minister added,
noting: “We see Daesh and Al-Qaeda trying to regroup and reemerge in Iraq and
Syria and terrorist groups are active in many parts of Africa and the Middle
East and beyond, and dangerous online radicalization is continuing globally.”
“Our coalition is as needed today as it was when Daesh
dominated thousands of kilometers and oppressed millions of people,” Safadi
underlined, stressing that “the coalition’s resilience is key to achieving the
enduring defeat of Daesh.”
“And we do need to maintain military pressure on Daesh
enclaves and to prevent them from regrouping. We need to consolidate
intelligence cooperation to mitigate the growing security threats. And we do
need to suffocate terrorists ability to disseminate their ideology of hate and
expose them for what they really are: thugs outside our common humanity,” the
foreign minister emphasized.
In the meeting, in which the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa
Al-Kadhimi participated via recorded speech, Safadi said: “We must also help
consolidate the victory Iraq achieved against Daesh and support the
government’s efforts to stabilize and rebuild.”
He further added, “We need to ensure a holistic approach to
fighting terrorism. Holistic, in terms of getting the terrorists wherever they
are. And holistic, in terms of seeking to win this necessary war in all its
physical and ideological fronts.”
The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of 30
countries, as well as NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, High
Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Josep Borrell and Interpol Secretary-General Jürgen Stock.
The top diplomat also attended “Supporting the Future of
Syria and the Region” conference, where he stressed the need for genuine, collective
and immediate efforts to realize a political solution that recognizes that the
Syrian people are the top priority must begin, and begin in earnest.
“But we must start with steady, even humble, steps that
would seek to lessen the suffering of the Syrian people, end the fear, build
schools, provide healthcare, and restore hope on the path towards a complete
end to the conflict,” he said.
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