Mashnouq Urges Continued Cooperation with France after Nice Attack
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq sent a letter to his French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve and expressed his deep sorrow over the latest terrorist attack that hit the city of Nice Thursday, the state-run National News Agency said on Saturday.
“We were deeply shocked at the attack that targeted France on its national day. We have to work together to confront this barbaric terrorism and we must defend the values we share,” said Mashnouq in his letter.
He stressed the necessity to “continue the close cooperation between the security services of both countries because we face the same terrorism, and the need for the exchange of information.”
Eighty-four people were killed after a truck ploughed through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the truck attack on France's national holiday, the jihadist organization said Saturday in its official radio bulletin.
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