Foreign terrorist fighters meet in Kuwait for int'l peace
The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Working Group Meeting held the opening ceremony on Tuesday in Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait.
Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Development, Hamad Al-Mashaan, stressed the country's support for international efforts in reaching peace and combating terrorist groups at the opening ceremony.
The meeting was aimed at achieving peace in conflict areas by blocking all sources of terrorist threats.
He said that the aim was to follow up on the joint and strategic efforts in confronting the damage resulting from FTFs.
In addition to finding a clear mechanism for their return and integration into society.
He said Kuwait had made joint efforts with the international community in combating terrorism financing, in compliance with its effective role against the extremist Islamic State (IS) group.
The one-day meeting would also discuss all main challenges for the upcoming period and the importance of coordination and information exchange between members in the international coalition against IS, he said.
The FTF Working Group meeting, headed by Kuwait, Turkey and the Netherlands, derives from the 85-membered Global Coalition Against Daesh, according to the Kuwait News Agency.
