(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The State of Kuwait's stance against terrorism is based on principles rather than interests, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Wednesday.
Forgiving, advocating peace, moderation, renouncing violence and terrorism have been embraced by the Kuwaitis since establishing their state, said Ambassador Nasser Sabeeh Barrak Al-Sabeeh in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
Ambassador Al-Sabeeh is a participant in a meeting of the UN Security Council-appointed Terrorism Resistance Committee that began Tuesday.
Kuwait stands strongly against violence, he said, noting its support for international efforts to uproot it, in light of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's strategy and according to guidelines of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
Terrorism is an international phenomenon that affects all states, thus containing it warrants universal coordinated efforts, Ambassador Al-Sabeeh said, noting that the peril has recently spread.
- On the deliberations that have been already held at the conference hall, Ambassador Al-Sabeeh indicated that they dealt with means to stop the fighters while preparing to leave the home country to the battlefield, arresting them as they depart and after comeback. "Although Kuwait is not a stopover for foreign fighters, it is not safe from terrorism repercussions," he added.
Moreover, Ambassador Al-Sabeeh noted necessity of Kuwait's cooperation with authorities in homelands of those seeking to reach fighting zones and countries they pass through en route to the battle fields to prevent them from reaching Kuwaiti territories.
Talks focused on coordination among countries that export fighters, stopover states and host ones, while examining plans for halting their movement. The discussions also dealt with rehabilitating those who return home, instead of putting them behind iron bars, with no effort whatsoever to help them re-integrate into the societies.
The conferees examined other issues related to safe traveling and security information swap, he said, noting that Kuwait has recently witnessed some effects of the terrorism expansion, when a lone suicide bomber blew himself up a mosque packed with worshippers in downtown Kuwait. The State of Kuwait has taken strict precautions against terrorism funding and screening suspicious remittances.
The Madrid-hosted meeting, grouping 400 experts from 70 countries, tackles plans to resolve the issue of foreign fighters, how to prevent them from travelling to countries witnessing conflicts, prosecuting and reintegrating them into the societies.
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