Published December 05,2023
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The Turkish authorities is “extremely active” within the anti-Daesh/ISIS coalition led by the US, a senior State Department official mentioned Tuesday because the coalition wrapped its once-a-year political director-level assembly.
Ian McCary, US President Joe Biden’s deputy particular envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, mentioned Ankara is “a very important member of the Global Coalition” and is “extremely active” inside the group. That contains co-charing the overseas terrorist fighter working group and internet hosting the physique in Istanbul in October.
“There’s a great deal of overlap and common ground with our Turkish partners, and there are some areas of disagreement as well, but we’re determined to continue to develop our counterterrorism cooperation with the Turkish government,” he instructed reporters throughout a digital news convention.
Asked by an Anadolu to stipulate areas the place Washington is looking for to construct upon its counterterrorism cooperation with Ankara, McCary pointed to Türkiye’s chairing the coalition’s overseas terrorist fighter working group, and its efforts to “disrupt and intercept terrorist movements, including potential movements of Daesh affiliates into or out of Afghanistan.”
“We have, you know, a dialogue with Türkiye about other theatres in which we’re confronting Daesh, including in Africa. Turkey also has also has a great deal of interest in what’s happening there in Sub-Saharan Africa,” he mentioned.
The Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS contains 86 member states and establishments. It was fashioned by the US in 2014 and was instrumental within the elimination of the fear group’s territorial maintain of broad swathes of Iraq and Syria.
Source: www.anews.com.tr