I am very pleased to address at this high-level Forum on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. I would like to start by thanking the organizers, and in particular “Parliamentarians for Global Action”, for bringing us here today to discuss one of the most pressing challenges of our days – combating terrorism without compromising the respect for fundamental freedoms.
Terrorism has become an unprecedented threat to international and regional security and we have to provide a strong response to this fear-spreading phenomenon
