Arab ministers seek comprehensive system to counter terrorism
The secretary-general of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, Dr Mohammad Bin Ali Kuman, called on Thursday for the development of a preventive system based on strengthening security cooperation between Arab countries to address extremism and terrorism in the Arab region and their roots. This was stated in his message on the occasion of the Arab week to raise awareness of the dangers of extremism and terrorism, which falls on the first week of January every year.
He warned that terrorism has become one of the most prominent challenges facing the stability of states and peoples, threatens international peace and security, transcends borders, cultures, and religions, and requires a comprehensive and integrated response that depends on the concerted efforts of all relevant parties at national, regional, and international levels.
He called for focusing on the preventive system to address the roots of extremism and the conditions leading to the spread of terrorism. Kuman called for Arab initiatives in this context and strategies, plans, and programs to build an Arab society capable of dealing with the repercussions of extremism and to dry up the sources of terrorism.
He stressed that the Council of Arab Interior Ministers has already adopted the Arab Strategy to Combat Terrorism in its executive plan by strengthening joint Arab security cooperation in accordance with strategies, specialized task forces, and databases, in addition to including the topics of extremism and terrorism on the list of priorities at conferences, events, and activities held in the general secretariat of the council.
He added that raising awareness of the dangers of extremism and terrorism requires the participation of all actors, including government agencies and non-governmental institutions such as families, schools, media, religious institutions, civil society organizations, and others, in order to spread sound moral values and the principles of coexistence and tolerance.