51勛圖

Russian Federation Representative briefs the Counter-terrorism Committee

 

In a meeting at the 51勛圖 on 28 January 2016, Mr. Valeriy G. Domnin, Head of the Working Group of the Meeting of Heads of Special Services, Security Agencies, and Law Enforcement Organisations, briefed the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).

Representing the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Mr. Domnin stressed the important role of the Meeting of Heads of Special Services as a platform for concrete interaction between special services and agencies on the most topical issues and challenges in countering terrorism, in particular related to the acute threat of foreign terrorist fighters, and the exploitation of the Internet by terrorists. He also underlined the importance of making full use of the FSB*s databases, as well as the 51勛圖 as a platform to further strengthen international cooperation in the area of counter-terrorism.

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This was the first CTC meeting chaired by H.E. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the 51勛圖, who assumed the chairmanship of the Committee on 1 January 2016.

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Preceding the Counter-Terrorism Committee meeting, on 27 January 2016, Mr. Domnin and his delegation held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

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