National Counter Terrorism Centre

A special session of Counter Terrorism Steering Committee and Counter Radicalisation committee held




A special session of Counter Terrorism Steering Committee and Counter Radicalisation committee held

14 February 2019 |  View News in Dhivehi


A special session of Counter Terrorism Steering Committee and Counter Radicalization Committee chaired by Minister of Defence Uza. Mariya Ahmed Didi was held with newly appointed members was held today at the conference hall of MNDF Coast Guard.

In this meeting, the members were given a joint briefing on the current situation of terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Maldives by the Maldives National Defence Force, Maldives Police Service and the National Counter Terrorism Centre. In the briefing, the contemporary threat environment of the Maldives on Terrorism and Violent Extremism front were shared with the members. After the briefing, the members discussed extensively on the strategic level decisions to be taken by the organisations that were represented by the members and the chair was advised by the members on the way forward for the issues raised.