James Nachipo of the international security division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, who chaired the Counter Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) Meeting, said: “The meeting this morning was discussing and developing a new plan which will commence in 2018 and go up to 2022. Now the importance and significance of the plan itself is that it will map out and identify paradigms for APEC, for our working group to focus on an area of terrorism. “No country is immune from terrorism, and we welcome Việt Nam’s participation in the working group. “We are committed to counter the spread of radicalisation conducive to terrorism, terrorist propaganda, including the use of the internet and social media for terrorism-related purposes, as well as acts of public justification of terrorism intended to incite terrorist acts. “APEC economies will continue to take co-ordinated actions, exchange information and share best practices to effectively respond to the terrorist challenges in the region.” – VNS

Source: Viet Nam News August 18, 2017 15:00 UTC