EU to launch anti-terror drive with Muslim countries - japantimes

BRUSSELS – The EU said Monday it will launch anti-terror projects with Muslim nations and boost intelligence sharing following the Paris attacks, as anger over the Charlie Hebdo cartoons fed fresh protests and violence

Foreign ministers meeting in the shadow of the Islamist attacks and a wave of arrests across Europe agreed on the need to work with Arab nations and Turkey in particular to counter the growing threat.

On the other side of a widening divide, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Russia’s Chechnya while dozens of churches were torched in Niger during protests over the publication of the Prophet Muhammad caricatures.

After talks in Brussels with the Arab League chief and European ministers, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that “probably for the first time there was real deep awareness of the need to work together.”

“We are looking at specific projects to launch in the coming weeks with some specific countries to increase the level of cooperation on counterterrorism, and I would name Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and the Gulf countries,” she said.  Read More 

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