EU calls for anti-terror alliance with Arab countries

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Tuesday 20 Jan 2015 - 13:52 Makkah mean time-29-3-1436 Brussels (IINA) – The European Union on Monday called for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information-sharing amid a string of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe, France 24 reported. EU Foreign ministers, who met in Brussels in the wake of the Paris terror-related attacks and a wave of arrests across Europe, agreed upon the need to work with Arab nations, and Turkey in particular, to counter the growing threat. EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said after the meeting that "probably for the first time there was real deep awareness of the need to work together." "We are looking at specific projects to launch in the coming weeks with some specific countries to increase the level of cooperation on counter-terrorism, and I would name Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and the Gulf countries," she said. The bloc will post security attaches at its embassies in key Muslim nations to boost cooperation, while Arabic-language capacity would be developed. “We need an alliance. We need to strengthen our way of cooperating together,” Mogherini added. In the same context, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said Monday that "every country in the world is suffering from terrorism." Europe is on high alert after three French gunmen killed 17 people at the Charlie Hebdo office and a Jewish supermarket in Paris earlier this month. AB/IINA