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G7 ministers, internet execs gather at Italy-hosted security summit

2017-10-21 10:44:12       source:En.People.Cn

October 20, 2017


The interior ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations gathered Thursday on Italy's Ischia island facing the Gulf of Naples ahead of a security and counter-terrorism summit on Friday.


The agenda will focus on preventing extremist propaganda and recruitment on the internet and combating foreign fighters, or radicalized Europeans who joined the ranks of so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, Italy's Interior Ministry said in a statement.


Foreign fighters are expected to try to return to Europe, where they could pose a threat to their EU home countries, as ISIS has been largely defeated in Syria and Iraq.


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