Anti-Islamic State coalition meeting
(2 Feb 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Rome - 2 February 2016 1. Foreign officials at meeting at the Italian Foreign Ministry 2. US Secretary of State John Kerry greeting officials 3. Kerry taking seat 4. Kerry greeting European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Gentiloni, Italian Foreign Minister: "We made important progress since the first ministerial meeting in December 2014 and particularly we are pleased with the coalition's ability to diversify its activities, to consolidate its membership, to work out increasingly sophisticated strategies to disrupt Daesh (Islamic State group). We have had ups and downs but more recently more ups than downs, and Daesh lost 40 percent of its territory in Iraq, and 20 percent of its territory in Syria. And this is attributed to the joint commitment and resolve of all of us." 6. Gentiloni and Kerry at meeting STORYLINE: Foreign officials from coalition countries fighting the Islamic State group gathered in Rome on Tuesday to discuss their coordinated efforts in combatting the extremist organisation. Opening the session, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni praised the coalition's efforts to regain IS-controlled territory both in Syria and Iraq. The meeting comes as the coalition is working through plans for the battle to retake the key northern Iraqi city of Mosul and the Syrian city of Raqqa, which IS uses as headquarters. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
