19 June 2017

News Story: Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia to hold counterterror meet

By Helen Flores

MANILA, Philippines - Foreign and defense ministers from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia will meet next week to discuss cooperation on various issues, including threats of terrorism and possible spillover of the Islamic State (IS) conflict in the Middle East to the region, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.

Cayetano said member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would be able to effectively fight terrorism and extremism if they work as a team rather than individually.

Cayetano earlier said the Marawi City siege had affirmed President Duterte’s warning that IS extremists would target Southeast Asian countries after staging atrocities in the Middle East.

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