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Thursday, April 25 2019 - 01:18
AsiaNet
Delegates of 13 Member Countries Commence Operations in Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Apr. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Delegates to develop initiatives, share knowledge, expertise across IMCTC four 
domains - Ideology, Communication, Counter Terrorism Financing and Military 

The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) announced today that 
thirteen member countries have sent permanent delegates to commence operations 
at the IMCTC Center Head Quarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The member countries 
include Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros Islands, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Niger, 
Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

IMCTC Center's mission is to establish strategic partnerships between member 
countries, supporting nations and international organizations to build 
capacity, exchange global best practice and to share counter terrorism 
information and expertise. Member countries delegates will be coordinating all 
efforts to develop initiatives that they can then start implementing across the 
four IMCTC domains; ideology, communications, counter terrorism financing, and 
military.

Maj. Gen. Mohammad bin Saeed Al-Moghedi, IMCTC Secretary-General, commented: 
"We look forward to working together with all the appointed delegates to 
achieve the aspirations of their Highnesses and Excellencies the IMCTC's Member 
Countries Ministers of Defense as well as IMCTC's overall objectives and goals. 
Today we have 13 member countries physically present in IMCTC and we are 
expecting that number to double by end of this year."

"I am confident that the delegates will do an exceptional job working together 
in this Coalition which is unique in its nature, principles and strategic 
goals. They are defending not just the Islamic Nation, but humanity as a whole 
against the dangers of terrorism and extremism," added Maj. Gen. Al-Moghedi.

Gen. Raheel Sharif, IMCTC Military Commander, commented: "The vision of IMCTC 
is to have a collective response against terrorism that is capable of 
coordinating and leading the efforts of member countries with high efficiency 
and effectiveness. I am positive that the collective energies of the delegates 
and their continuous collaboration will result in the development of highly 
effective initiatives that will support all our efforts in the fight against 
terrorism."

IMCTC is a Pan-Islamic coalition of 41 countries that came together to 
coordinate and multiply their individual efforts in the global fight against 
terrorism and violent extremism and to effectively join other international 
security and peacekeeping efforts.

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SOURCE: Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC)