U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY MEETS WITH FOREIGN DEFENSE MINISTERS;
- Anthony F. Lemmo
- Jan 20, 2016
- 2 min read
During today’s meeting with the Defense Ministers of Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States;

The officials in which have been invited to today’s meeting discussed numerous of options to intensify and accelerate a military campaign in Iraq and Syria in order to counter-ISIL/DAESH;
In a document in which was released on the Department of Defense’s website today, the document stated ,
“We discussed opportunities to intensify and accelerate the counter-ISIL/DAESH military campaign in Iraq and Syria, our shared approach to defend against its global ambitions, and to ensure the protection of our citizens. ISIL/DAESH are on the back foot. But there is more we need to do.”
Since the emergence of ISIL/DAESH coalition the U.S. military and their partners have been combating with a lucrative solution to fully disarm the ISIL/DAESH coalition however now all of the united states counter parts have came up with a lucrative solution in which now involves all sides of their partners.
The document released on the DoD website today the went fourth in stating,
“We reaffirmed our governments' continuing substantial commitment to work together with the entire C-ISIL/DAESH Coalition to accelerate and intensify the campaign against ISIL/DAESH, in order to deliver a lasting defeat to this barbaric organization. We expressed our broad support for the campaign plan objectives, and the need to continue gathering momentum in our campaign, as it moves into its next phase targeting ISIL/DAESH's vulnerabilities. We discussed military campaign requirements to expand efforts against ISIL/DAESH and committed to work together with other military and non-military contributors to fill these requirements. We agreed to review regularly the coalition's campaign plan and the progress in its implementation.”
The release than stated that “the military campaign is an essential part of our overall effort to defeat and destroy ISIL/DAESH, but it is not sufficient. We are committed to ensuring the coherence of our military actions with the comprehensive efforts to set the conditions for sustainable political stability in the region.”
During todays meeting French Defense Minister went fourth to personally thank all of the partners who are helping advance their military campaign, The French Defense Minister stated;
“We thank all of our partners who are helping us advance the military campaign against ISIL/DAESH and its infrastructure. We recognize in particular the dedication and steadfastness of local partner forces. We endorsed Secretary Carter's proposal for defense ministers of the C-ISIL Coalition force contributing nations to convene their first Defense Ministerial, in February.”
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