‘Address root causes of terror, violent extremism’

NEW YORK, July 17, (KUNA): Kuwait said the international community shouldered responsibility to eliminate so-called Islamic State by cracking down on IS ambitions, finances and ideologies.

The international community should address root causes of terrorism and violent extremism in order to pave way for reconstruction and stability, Mansour Al-Otaibi, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told a Security Council session on threats on international peace and security.

Al-Otaibi, who praised cooperation between the Iraqi government and the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by DAESH/IS (UNITAD), called for further efforts to fight IS sleeping cells, uproot mines, blending foreign fighters with their communities.

Al-Otaibi was speaking after a briefing by Karim Khan, head of a team investigating IS actions in Iraq, before the Security Council.