The potential effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the countries’ efforts to fight terrorism and its influence on terrorist groups with ideas on biological weapons were highlighted by Bahrain at a major forum yesterday.
Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani who took part in the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh\ISIS held in Rome, also cautioned against terrorists exploiting the vulnerability in the international system, and how the economic and social consequences can fuel a desperation that extremists could take advantage of while looking for new recruits to join the organisation.
The meeting was co-hosted by the US Secretary of State and the Italian Foreign Minister.
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