SFA Locsin Leads the Philippine Delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS in Rome, Italy
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. participates in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS on 28 June 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Rome PE photo)
ROME 05 July 2021 – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. led the Philippine delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS on 28 June 2021 in Rome, Italy. Members of the Philippine delegation included Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Brigido J. Dulay, National Security Council Deputy Director General Damian L. Carlos, Philipppine Ambassador to Italy Domingo P. Nolasco, and Police Attaché PCol. Romeo Macapaz.
The meeting was hosted by Italy and was co-chaired by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. This was the first in-person meeting at the ministerial level since the last one held on 06 February 2019 in Washington DC. There were a total of 13 deputy prime ministers and 37 ministers who attended the meeting in person. In his intervention, Secretary Locsin reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to the Coalition and to the group’s efforts in stamping out ISIS.
The 83-member Global Coalition was established in September 2014 with the goal of degrading and ultimately defeating Daesh/ISIS. The Philippines became the 75th member of the Coalition in 2018. END
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. delivers his intervention during the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ ISIS on 28 June 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Rome PE photo)
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. leads the Philippine delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS on 28 June 2021 in Rome, Italy. Secretary Locsin is joined by (back row, from left to right) National Security Council Deputy Director General Damian L. Carlos and Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Brigido J. Dulay. Other members of the delegation were Philipppine Ambassador to Italy Domingo P. Nolasco and Police Attaché PCol. Romeo Macapaz. (Rome PE photo)
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