H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs participates in Ministerial Meeting of Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani took part in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh\ISIS held in Rome, co-hosted by the Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and with the participation of a number of Excellencies and Highnesses, the foreign ministers from the Coalition countries.
His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered a speech in which he welcomed the convening of such Ministerial Meeting that represents an opportunity to review the progress made by Coalition members across the globe. He hailed the updates and briefs provided by the Coalition members taking part in this meeting regarding the efforts exerted to defeat Daesh. His Excellency further stressed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s full commitment and support to the Coalition and the Kingdom’s active participation in all Coalition efforts to defeat this terrorist organization.
H.E. the Minister further underlined that this meeting could also highlight the potential effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the countries’ efforts, not only in how the past 18 months have influenced terrorist groups with ideas on biological weapons and exploiting the vulnerability in our international systems, but also in how the economic and social consequences can fuel a desperation that extremists could take for advantage while looking for new recruits to join the organization.
He also called for caution against new forms of terrorist attacks, biological attacks, drones, and other high-tech and low-cost threats, and to move to defeat both state and non-state sponsors of terrorism. He further stressed the importance of breaking this loop of despair and working to move towards positivity, peace and prosperity and opportunities that would provide a clearer path. He underlined that the Kingdom would be at the front of such process just as it has been in defeating Daesh.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs, His Excellency Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa was among the meeting’s participants, along with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Italian Republic, His Excellency Dr. Nasser Mohammed Al-Balushi and the Chief of Strategic Affairs, Her Excellency Ambassador Nancy Abdulla Jamal.
