WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd April, 2019) US Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales has visited Brasilia and Sao Paolo to expand security cooperation against Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State terror groups (the latter two are banned in Russia), the Department of State said in a media note on Tuesday.
"Ambassador... Sales, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism traveled to Brasilia and Sao Paulo April 1-2 to bolster our bilateral counterterrorism cooperation with Brazil against threats from transnational terrorist groups in the Western Hemisphere, including ISIS [Islamic State], al-Qaeda and Hezbollah," the note said.
The State Department pointed out that Sales raised the importance of strengthening border security and implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2396 to deter terrorist travel.
Sales also discussed the need to counter terrorist financing through robust sanctions regimes and strong investigative, prosecutorial, and judicial capabilities, the note said.
