Undersecretary Nabil Tan of the Office of the President
shared the Philippine strategy in combating extremism during a three-day
conference attended by anti-terrorism experts from Asian countries held in Tokyo
In an interview with PNA, Tan, currently head of the
Mindanao Coordinating office, said that representatives from the government and
civilian sector of Indonesia ,
Malaysia , and Singapore
He said the three-day conference held from Feb. 28 to Mar. 1
which was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan also gave
importance on the need on the sharing of information to counter terrorism.
Tan also said that the delegates “were asked to share their
respective countries’ programs that deal with the rehabilitation of
incarcerated terrorists and in countering violent extremism as a whole.”
“These series of discussions were held as part of the
Rome/Lyons Group of G7 meeting which Japan
“The Rome/Lyons Group is the main forum for G7 cooperation
on fighting terrorism and organized crime, in which experts from the countries
involved discuss issues relating to the fight against terrorism, organized
crime, high-tech crime, judicial cooperation, transport and migration,” Tan
pointed out.
Tan was invited to present the Philippine efforts in
countering extremism and the national initiatives on the management of
terrorist rehabilitation.
Tan was also a discussant during the working meeting with
Japanese policy-makers, “where the intent was to have a sharing of information
on counter-terrorism initiatives of all the countries present.”
Tan was invited by Japan
to be the Philippine representative from the government sector, in light of his
experience as the former Head of the Anti-Terrorism
Council Program
Management Center
and of his insight in the Mindanao peace
situation, given his extensive knowledge and experience with the Philippine
peace process.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=865134
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