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Dhaka reaffirms support for fighting terrorism

Diplomatic Correspondent
The government has once again denounced all forms of terrorism and violent extremism and their manifestations, reaffirming its support for the global efforts to counter violent extremism.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali reiterated Bangladesh's position at a White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) in Washington DC yesterday.
"Terrorists are terrorists irrespective of beliefs, creeds or castes. There must be a 'zero tolerance' approach to all forms of terrorism and violent extremism,” he said.
The foreign minister stressed the government's conviction to face these emerging challenges through enhanced community mobilisation.
He also expressed his desire to see effective CVE models emerging from Bangladesh's association with the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).
The minister pointed out that it was the youth who remained particularly vulnerable to the extremist messaging and were in need of positive alternatives. In this context, he talked about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's vision to build a 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021 to engage the
youth in creative enterprises through knowledge and ICT development.
Ali further said women's social mobility in Bangladesh had helped weaken the religious extremist agenda at its core. He underscored the use of media to shatter the myths around the extremist narratives.
He lamented the "extremist agenda" being pursued by the BNP-Jamaat alliance to undermine the democratic, non-communal and non-confrontational narratives being promoted by the government.
The White House Summit, first of its kind, gathered government and civil society representatives, including faith leaders, from more than 60 countries to discuss a forwardlooking strategy to counter the generational challenges of violent extremism.
Speaking at the Summit, US President Barack Obama said, "We come from different countries and different cultures and different faiths, but... we are all in the same boat. We have to help each other."
Participants at the meeting shared insights on the drivers of violent extremism, on effective communitybased initiatives to build counternarratives to violent extremism, and on various proven means of deradicalising and reintegrating former terrorists and extremists.
The Summit adopted a statement highlighting eight work streams to take forward the CVE agenda through concerted global action, including developing a multi-dimensional CVE action plan under the aegis of the United Nations.