Seas location in an attrition fight to surrounding the enemy in their strongholds so we can annihilate isis. The intent is to prevent the return home of escaped foreign fighters. I want to emphasize here there has been no change to our rules of engagement. And there has been no change to our continues extraordinary efforts to avoid innocent civilian saz y civilian casualties. Despite needing to go into Populated Areas to break isis hold hold, despite isis endangering innocence lives and we continue all possible efforts to protect the innocent. Youre all aware of the human costs isis has exacted, killed, wounded, refugees, merciless control over those regions they hold, the cost to turkey, jordan, and lebanon and syrian iraqis have been displaced. In response to isis and unforgivable treatment, the world has responded. This is a coalition effort. Since this began in 2014, the coalition has strengthened and expanded. The International Team is fully committed at the political and military
Provocations. These pose a serious threat to regional and International Peace and stability. I shared with President Trump what singapore has done to pressure and isolate the dprk, going beyond u. N. Security council resolutions. B but theres no quick and easy solution, pressure is necessary but so is dialogue. The u. S. Will need to work with others, including china and south korea and japan and russia, to resolve the issue. President trump will be visiting china in a few weeks time as part of his first visit to asia. Singapore like many other countries watch your relations with china very closely. Its a most important bilateral relationship in the world. China is a u. S. Third largest export market for goods and services and for agricultural exports its the second largest. Buy soybeans and grains and cotton and farming machinery. Im quite sure as incomes go up, theyll buy more and more Good American beef. I express my hope that the u. S. Will be able to maintain a stable and construc
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated the 2024 Country Resilience and Human Security Assessment in Ghana on June 10, 2024. Supported by the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and GIZ, this project is a crucial step towards bolstering human…
News and Press Release in English on Chad and 10 other countries about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 10 Jun 2024 by UN SC