US Foreign Minister Urges To
Asia Leaders to Increase Efforts Opposed To ISIS
John Kerry and Joko Widodo |
Prevent the recruitment
of ektremis in Southeast Asia is the main non-militarypriorities of the
Coalition AS a unified group to quell ISIS.
JAKARTA —
Secretary of State John
Kerry on Monday (20/10) called on Asian countries to
increasetheir efforts against the extremist Islamic State (ISIS)
and a lethal Ebola virus.
In Jakarta for the
inauguration of the President of the "Jokowi" Joko Widodo,
Kerrytook that opportunity to meet separately with Prime Minister
of Malaysia Najib Razakand Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
He also met Singapore Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Philippine Foreign MinisterAlbert del Resario and
also the President of Jokowi.
Officials in the Entourage
of Kerry say preventing recruitment of ektremis in
Southeast Asia, especially in Muslim majority countries such
as Indonesia and Malaysia, is the main non-military priorities of the
Coalition AS a unified group to quell ISIS.
United States wants these
countries "do more and cooperate" to drive
out extremistswho preach the news out of their territories, to
oppose the ideology-the ideology ofextremists, prevent the flow
of foreign fighters and take a crackdown on terrorist
financing, according to the officials.
Kerry did not mince
words in conveying his message, thank PM Najib over
"strongstatements" his country against the radical ideology
of ISIS, according to the officials.But Kerry also
stressed that the international community should continue to
taketough measures to foreign fighters, they said.
At Abbott, Kerry praised Australia's
role in the Coalition, which includes a significantmilitary component,
and said that Australia has felt the society own the
problemscreated for foreign fighters.
The presence of citizens
of Australia among the Warriors of ISIS "to make all people
aware of how important the joining the global coalition and
for all parties tounderstand the pertaruhannya," said Kerry
on Abbott.
He also spoke of
the efforts of the coalition military that has gotten a
boost in recent days from the election, Interior Minister and Minister
of defence of the new Iraq.
"It is especially helpful
in the planning and implementation of our efforts,"
said Kerry.
Kerry's visit to
Jakarta, which requires more than 26 hours trip just to be on
the ground for 24 hours before he went to Germany Tuesday,
aims to highlight thecommitment of the Government of Barack
Obama in the Asia Pacific region, especiallyexpectations for Indonesia, the
largest Muslim country in the world and third
largestdemocracies.
Asia is home to the
economy-the economy with the fastest growth. Kerry has
madeeight visits to Asia in the last 20 months, and
President Obama will fly to China,Myanmar and Australia next
month.
Ebola-related, Kerry asked Asian
countries to increase their contributions to the globaleffort to stop
the spread of the virus, according to u.s. officials. (AP)
U.S. Commander: Kobani might
fall into the hands of ISIS
General Lloyd Austin said at
the Pentagon Friday (17/10) that the Group ISIS seems
toprioritize to seize the town of Kobani in Syria.
Commander of the
U.s. central command, which oversees the Middle East saysairstrikes U.S. led
coalition and Kurdish ground forces had reached an "encouragingprogress" over
the militant Islamic State or the ISIS tried to seize
the Kobani, a border town in Syria but it was
still "very likely" fall into the hands of such groups.
General Lloyd Austin told reporters at
the Pentagon Friday (17/10) that the Groupseemed to have that ISIS took
a decision to prioritize the seizure of Kobani.
Although the U.S. help in
fighting in Kobani, General Austin says the u.s.
military's primary focus is Iraq and help Iraq in the fight
against forces of ISIS.
In an interview with VOA,
the head of Iraq's military staff Babakir Zebari said he
wassure Iraq's forces can "perform her duties" in
defeating the Warriors of ISIS "if they geta strong support from
the air as well as training."
General Austin said of
the overall campaign against Iraq and Syria in ISIS that resulted
in a weakening of the capabilities of ISIS, but "still
need time." (VOA)
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