The Peninsula Praises Qatar's International Efforts in Combating Terrorism

Doha, June 30 (QNA) - The Peninsula newspaper in its editorial Wednesday praised Qatar's international efforts in combating the decades-old scourge of terrorism by raising its voice against the plague of extremism affecting the whole world. Qatar reiterated condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, irrespective of wherever it is committed and whatever the justification may be, by vowing again to resolutely remain as a committed international partner in the efforts to root out the menace from the face of the earth, the newspaper said. The newspaper highlighted the statements of HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in a pre-recorded speech to the opening session of the Second United Nations High-level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of member states as part of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, who said that preventing and countering terrorism are areas that require the highest degree of international coordination and cooperation. In that regard, the United Nations plays a central role in revitalizing multilateral cooperation, as represented by convening this high-level conference. We look forward to this conferences contribution in building on and developing the outcome of the First Conference in 2018 and the Virtual Week of last year." The Deputy Prime Minister highlighted a few of the steps taken by Qatar to eradicate the phenomenon such as the inauguration of the International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter Terrorism as a programme office of the United Nations Office of CounterTerrorism (UNOCT) in Doha, funded by Qatar; additionally, the United Nations Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism was opened in Doha earlier this month, the newspaper added. The newspaper also noted the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, in Rome, Italy, on Monday, where he reiterated Qatars commitment to continue working to support efforts to rehabilitate and deport foreign fighters and their family members to their countries of origin, noting that they are still at risk of radical influence again. The Peninsula concluded its editorial by calling the international community to solve the root causes of terrorism and to support programmes for providing education and employment and countering extremist discourses. (QNA)