UNITED NATIONS: Without appearing before the world audience, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said in a written statement that the war against extremists in the Middle East might take years and must not stop before all terrorist organisations were eliminated.

Saud Al Faisal’s speech was distributed to member states and considered as read in which he called for more decisive policies and decisions to fight terrorism.

“We face a very dangerous situation today. Terrorism has evolved from cells to armies and from threatening specific spots to nations,” he said.

“The war on terror requires serious and continuous work that may go on for years, and must not stop at partial victories against limited organisations,” he said.

“We must continue until all terrorist organisations are destroyed, wherever they may be.”

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2014

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