Shoukry participates in anti-ISIS coalition meeting in NY

CAIRO – 22 September 2017: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry took part in the foreign ministers meeting of the anti-ISIS international coalition on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly (UNGA) summit in New York Friday.

The meeting was attended by foreign ministers of the coalition’s small group, including the Iraqi foreign minister.

During Egypt’s speech before the meeting, Shoukry congratulated all Iraqi communities on all successive victories against the terrorist organization ISIS and liberating Iraqi lands, the most recent of which were in Mosul and Tal Afar, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a press statement.

Egypt’s speech highlighted that triumph was brought by nothing but valor and sacrifices of the Iraqi people and their keenness on upholding the national interest over any others. Egypt is proud of Iraq’s heroism to save humanity from the criminal organization’s grip, Abu Zeid stated.

Egypt stressed on the importance of holding this meeting in this critical time to build on the success achieved in this area and provide the necessary international support to help Iraq restore the displaced people to the liberated lands after renovating them, he added.

Eliminating ISIS from Iraq is not the end of the line; however, it arranges for a new phase of hard work and cooperation among the coalition countries to counter terrorism and extremism without any distinction, Shoukry confirmed. It is high time to take a unified international stance against all entities that harbor terrorist groups and provide them with political, economic or media support.