His
Royal Highness (HRH), Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and Minister of
Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has opened the inaugural meeting
of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism
Coalition (IMCTC) Ministers of Defense Council, holding at in Riyadh,
reports ITRealms.
The
meeting which commenced Sunday, November 26, 2017, saw Crown Prince delivering
the opening remarks to the Ministers of Defense as well as diplomatic missions
in Saudi Arabia.
The IMCTC Acting Secretary General, Lieutenant General Abdulelah
Al-Saleh, said this meeting marks the
official launch of the IMCTC’s operations at its Center in Riyadh.
“The Center provides an open platform
for willing IMCTC member countries to exchange best practices and coordinate
their counter terrorism efforts, enabling culturally appropriate regional and local solutions to
counter terrorism," he said.
Also, the military commander of IMCTC, General Rahil Sharif, said
that the biggest challenge in the 21st Century,
especially in the Muslim world, is confronting the dangerous phenomenon of
terrorism.
“The IMCTC encompasses an integrated
approach to coordinate and unite on the four key domains of ideology,
communications, counter terrorism financing, and military, in order to fight
all forms of terrorism and extremism and to effectively join other
international security and peacekeeping efforts,” he said.
ITRealms recalls that the IMCTC is a 41-nation
pan-Islamic coalition united in the fight against terror.
The inaugural meeting was held under the theme “Allied Against
Terrorism”, will include statements by Ministers of Defense of IMCTC member
countries and keynote speeches in connection with the IMCTC’s four domains:
Ideology, Communications, Counter Terrorist Financing, and Military. In
addition, the IMCTC’s Acting Secretary General, Lieutenant General
Abdulelah AlSaleh, will outline the Coalition’s strategy, governance,
activities and future plans.
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