Dr. Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Rassi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Multilateral Affairs and General Supervisor of the Economic and Development Affairs Deputyship, represented the Kingdom at a meeting of political directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Rome, Italy.

Participants reviewed the latest developments in joint international action against ISIS and other terrorist organizations and the threats they pose, along with security and political developments connected to the coalition’s work and ways to improve coordination and the sharing of information and expertise among members.

They also stressed the need to keep up joint efforts against terrorism and extremism, cut off terrorist funding and prevent such groups from re-emerging and spreading, in support of regional and international security and stability.