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Sunday, November 26, 2017
Saudi Arabia kicks off Islamic counter-terrorism summit
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia gathers officials from 40 Muslim countries on Sunday in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance, a move Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared a “clear signal” to extremism.
“In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries… with no coordination” among them, he says in his keynote speech. “This ends today, with this alliance.”
Prince Mohammed says the 40 countries were sending a “clear signal” that they would “work together to support the military, financial, intelligence and political efforts of every member state.”
The summit is the first meeting of defense ministers and other senior officials from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, which officially counts 41 members.
— AFP
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