Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that “stability of Egypt is the security of the entire region,” the National reported on Saturday
“We look to Egypt’s restoration of cultural and human rights as a promising path,” Sheikh Abdullah told the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
He denounced extremism in all its forms on Saturday and said the UAE was fulfilling its responsibilities in the fight against terrorism.
“My country is committed to … combat violent extremism and affiliated beliefs and terrorist acts.”
He highlighted the UAE’s role in the US-led military coalition fighting Daesh in Syria and Iraq.
“The UAE hopes for the restoration of security and stability in the region so that governments can carry out their duties and people can resume their normal lives,” Sheikh Abdullah said.
Only a swift and decisive strategy to fight extremism would be successful against the threat that is “expanding beyond our region to the rest of the civilized world”.
He warned that these efforts would fail if they were limited to Iraq and Syria, and they must be expanded to fight extremist groups “wherever they exist”.
He also expressed serious concern about terrorism and sectarian division in the region, and said they had become a grave threat to international peace and security.
As he spoke the international anti-Daesh coalition continued air strikes in Syria and British warplanes joined the fight over Iraq.
The US and its Arab allies began air strikes against Daesh in northern and eastern Syria on Tuesday, more than a month after Washington launched its air campaign against the extremists in Iraq.
Source: MENA
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