Cooperation between states, business crucial to counter terrorism – UN Chief

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Cooperation between the state and business is vital in order to counter the terrorist threat, including cyberterrorism, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

Guterres, made this known on Wednesday in his address, read out by Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov at the
Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS).

“Apart from international and inter-agency cooperation, it is important to use the potential of the public and private partnership.

“The state bodies of sovereign countries bear the main responsibility for countering terrorism.

“Cooperation with business plays a crucial role in combating the financing of terrorism, preventing the use of new technology for terrorism purposes, as well as in protecting vulnerable vital infrastructure, particularly
from cyberterrorism.”

The seventh MCIS is being held in the Russian capital from Wednesday to…



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