Pompeo urges coalition to take back ISIS detainees, boost funding
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged
members of the coalition fighting against ISIS to take extremist detainees back
to their countries and step up their funding to help restore infrastructure in
Iraq and Syria, parts of which severely damaged by conflict.
Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign
ministers from the global coalition to defeat ISIS, Pompeo also cited growing
concerns about the ISIS threat outside of Iraq and Syria, saying the coalition
should focus on West Africa and Sahel.
Pompeo also vowed that the US will keep fighting
ISIS, reassuring worried allies convened in Washington.
“The United States will continue to lead the
coalition and the world on this essential security effort,” Pompeo said as he
opened a day of talks in Washington.
