Hanoi (VNA) - Indonesia and NewZealand have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the fight againstterrorism via information exchanges and preventive efforts.
The agreement was reached during a meeting inIndonesia on August 2 between Indonesia’s Head of the National Agency forCombating Terrorism Suhardi Alius and New Zealand’s Assistant Commissioner forInternational and National Security Michael Pannet.
The two sides shared viewpoints onanti-terrorism and expressed their concerns over the returning of theself-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) militants who have posed new securitythreats to several Asian countries.
They agreed also on measures to jointly fightterrorism, including terrorists’ families and members of extreme groups.
At the weekend, senior security officials ofIndonesia, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippinesattended a meeting on cross-border terrorism in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province.-VNA
